It's Only Forever

Death is never easy.

Recently my dear friend Jennifer lost her little sister, Stephanie to a terrible illness.

A mixtape entitled "Malt Shop In The Sky" was compiled by Steph herself & Jennifer and that was played at her memorial service. 

You can download it HERE.

This particular mixtape is one that Jen created as a tribute to Steph. It is filled with not only love, joy and beautiful memories, but also all the devastating pain and traumatic confusion that comes with losing someone so very close to you.

                                                             You can download it HERE.

Mainspring Medieval

Behold : A soundtrack of sorts for a festive medieval Spring celebration.

In the middle ages, along with the new food to eat and the cattle grazing, a useful thing about spring festivals was that if you were a villager, rather than a noble with a great hall, you couldn’t really have huge communal feasts during the winter. The only building in a village likely to be big enough was the church, and along with being hard to heat, people tended to shy away from using those for secular celebrations. 

When the weather started turning warmer, they could all meet outside on the village green and save on heating bills. This was one of three weeks of holiday for the medieval worker, and was marked by feasting, dancing, and parties. It was also one of the three times of the year, along with Christmas and Easter, when vassals were given new clothes.

As always,

*** ENJOY ***

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Time Change(s)

Spring forward!

Industrialized societies generally follow a clock-based schedule for daily activities that do not change throughout the course of the year. The time of day that individuals begin and end work or school, and the coordination of mass transit, for example, usually remain constant year-round. In contrast, an agrarian society's daily routines for work and personal conduct are more likely governed by the length of daylight hours and by solar time, which change seasonally because of the Earth's axial tilt.

By synchronously resetting all clocks in a region to one hour ahead of standard time (one hour "fast"), individuals who follow such a year-round schedule will wake an hour earlier than they would have otherwise; they will begin and complete daily work routines an hour earlier, and they will have available to them an extra hour of daylight after their workday activities.

This play list simultaneously celebrates this phenomenon & the imminent approach of Spring.

As always,

*** ENJOY ***

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