From Mr. Hyde to Mr. Hyde

The transformation is complete. The old classic blogger template is now converted to the the New blogger. I preserved almost all of the old blog template format and style. The new blogger widgets afforded me to categorize my posts as intended. Another nice functionaliy in the new look is the archives. There is no longer a static display of a long list of post dates. The blog reader can now expand or collapse the blog archives by year and by month.

Thus far, I am rather pleased with the changes.

Love Labels Lost

It's occurred to me not all of my labeled posts are displayed when searched. The browser displays only one screen-page of posts. Maybe it has to do with my not using the new widgets in my page element layout and other stuffs.

It seems one has to switch to the New Blogger layout to take advantage of the new widgets. I will do so and see what comes of it.

Silverdreamer.be - - is a Spammer

Be on the lookout for this spammer. On blogs he's visitied, he would leave some flattering remarks such as:

"I visited your site…and I was very impressed!
Beautiful work…congratulations.
Take also a look at my website…thanks and kind regards.
www.silverdreamer.be"

Spring, 2007

Spring

Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918)

Nothing is so beautiful as spring -
When weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush;
Thrush’s eggs look little low heavens, and thrush
Through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring
The ear, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing;
The glassy peartree leaves and blooms, they brush
The descending blue; that blue is all in a rush
With richness; the racing lambs too have fair their fling.

What is all this juice and all this joy?
A strain of the earth’s sweet being in the beginning
In Eden garden. - Have, get, before it cloy,
Before it cloud, Christ, lord, and sour with sinning,
Innocent mind and Mayday in girl and boy,
Most, O maid’s child, thy choice and worthy the winning.

Moon Over Miami

Joseph Burke
American pop music composer
(18 March, 1884 - 9 June, 1950)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 03-20-2007:

Buddy Clark (1936)
Moon Over Miami (Burke & Leslie)


Moon Over Miami (1935)
Theme song for the 1941 movie of same

Muisc: Joseph Burke
Words: Edgar Leslie

Vocal: Buddy Clark (1936)
Orchestra: Henry Hall BBC Dance Orchestra

Moon over Miami
Shine on my love and me
So we can stroll beside the roll
Of the rolling sea

Moon over Miami
Shine on as we begin
A dream or two that may come true
When the tide comes in

Hark to the song of the smiling troubadours
Hark to the throbbing guitars
Hear how the waves offer thunderous applause
After each song to the stars

Moon over Miami
You know we'll waiting for
A little love, a little kiss
On Miami shore

Step Aside, Three Tenors!

Here are the world famous new Country sensations, The Allen Trio! They hailed from Oklahoma. Here they are, folks, Thunderstorm and the twins, Whiskers and Joy!

The Allen Trio

Thunderstorm

Elizabeth holding Whiskers, and Elizabeth's Mom with Joy.

Quiet Village

Les Baxter
American band leader, composer, and vocalist
(14 March, 1922 - 15 January, 1996)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 03-17-2007:
Les Baxter (1963) - Quiet Village (Baxter)

The Psalter for the Formation of the Soul

For three thousand yeas the Psalms have been the song book of the Jews and, for two thousand years, the song book of the universal Christian church. The Psalter is still very much the focal point in today's worship.

The Holly Taylor Coolman's eight-page article on The Psalter for the Formation of the Soul is far more articulate in thought and learned advocacy than my four-part blog discussion in 2005.

Coolman's embrace of the Psalms leads us back to the 4th B.C. Christian epistle, The Letters of St. Athanasius to Marcellinus on the Interpretation of the Psalms.

Our church is now doing a weekly review and introductory study of the Psalms, with the recording of Sir Laurence Olivier reading the biblical texts. Whether we are sad, joyful, surrounded by obstacles, lonely, or thankful, there is one or more Psalms from which God speaks to our mind and heart.

Sarasate, 2007

Pablo de Sarasate
Spanish violinist and composer
(10 March, 1844 - 28 September, 1908)

This MP3 Selection Expired on 03-14-2007:
Itzhak Perlman (violin)
Introducton & Tarentelle, Op.43 (Sarasate)

Little Peggy March

Margret Annemarie Batavio (aka Peggy March)
American pop vocalist
8 March, 1948 -

This MP3 Selection Expired on 03-11-2007:
'Little' Peggy March (1963) - I Will Follow Him