by Jennifer | Mar 31, 2013 | Uncategorized
Here’s some old-school pipe organ to get your blood racing on this Easter morning. Crank the volume, and have a glorious Resurrection Sunday! http:// The traditional words are: Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise...
by Jennifer | Mar 25, 2013 | Uncategorized
The term “girl Friday” was a variation on “man Friday,” which in turn came from the pages of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe (full title: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. Whew.). In that story,...
by Jennifer | Mar 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
This moving anthem, composed by Randall Thompson in 1949, has the best shiver-inducing organ accompaniment! I just love it, and I’m excited that our local choir will be singing it at our June concert. Randall Thompson (1899-1984) was an American composer who...
by Jennifer | Mar 22, 2013 | Uncategorized
Here’s a fresh take on ladies’ slacks from the unsinkable Veronica Dengel, circa 1943: “Another item in “lounging” or sports clothes about which I have a decided opinion is slacks! On the right person, well fitted, and worn with suitable...
by Jennifer | Mar 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband is the deliciously retro title of a book by Louise Bennett Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron, first published in 1917, although my copy revised and updated copy dates from 1932. The book follows the first year of married life for...
