Today’s blog will deal with a number of very interesting topics. These are things that you normally wouldn’t come across on a daily basis, so yes, a bit off the beaten path. A forty-year-old snowman This Snowman Never Melts—Here’s How …
A friend said to me the other day, “It seems there’s an overabundance of food recalls lately,” which I took with a grain of salt. Could it be that it only appears this way because we’re more aware of them and other news, simply because we have more access to them? And according to the FDA, there actually aren’t more recalls than in the past.
If you’re a Michigander, you are very familiar with the Pure Michigan ads, but have you seen their counterpoint, Not So Pure Michigan? They never fail to make me smile and this is no exception. The ornaments are priceless. Go Lions!!!!!
How many of us pay attention to the instructions from flight attendants when we board the plane? Hmmm, that’s what I thought. I didn’t see many hands raised. Well, here’s some interesting tidbits from Captain Steve regarding the use of …
Did you know that this is one of the oldest Christmas songs and was officially written down in 1534? Coventry Carol was written for the nativity scene, which began with the Annunciation and ended with the Massacre of the Holy Innocents. Certainly, the darkest of the carols, the words reflect mothers soothing their soon-to-be slaughtered babies. The lament was part of a medieval play, performed annually until 1579, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I who outlawed Catholicism in favor of the new Church of England. The song was brought back to life during WWII after the Coventry blitz in November 1940, after 43,000 homes were destroyed, more than 550 people killed, along with the destruction of a medieval cathedral. The December BBC radio broadcast from the ruins, ended with the Coventry Carol.
This first video is Cold Play playing their song, live from Shepherd’s Bush Empire, featuring the multi-talented Ed Sheeran.
The second is BTS’s live version, unplugged via MTV plugged. No matter the version, I just adore this song.
