We have added two photo albums to our gallery:

• Davis Mountains State Park and Big Bend National Park
• Longboat Key, Florida

I always enjoy the non-traditional holiday songs at this time of year. Here’s a top 10 list for your listening entertainment.

Number 10: “Jingle Bells” performed by the Crash Test Dummies



Number 9: “Chanukah” by Adam Sandler



Number 8: “Fairytale of New York” by The Pogues



Number 7: “Codependent Christmas” by The Therapy Sisters, with bonus song “The Twelve Days of Analysis”





Number 6: “The Christians and the Pagans” by Dar Williams



Numer 5: “Hating You for Christmas” by Everclear



Number 4: “The Twelve Days of Christmas” by Bob & Doug McKenzie



Number 3: “Drunk on Christmas” by Jimmy Fallon

The best version, with John Rich, is not embeddable here. Click through to watch.

Number 2: “Christmas with the Devil” by Spinal Tap



Finally, the number 1 non-traditional holiday song, showing Robert Earl Keen’s vision of a Texas style Christmas: “Merry Christmas from the Family”

I set up a wildlife camera to watch the deer, and accidentally recorded some very dramatic cedar pollen releases. There is some glare from the morning sun but the clouds of pollen are clearly visible.

Taken at the Detroit Institute of Art.

I see that it’s been a while since I posted an update here. Since the last post, we have added six photo albums to our gallery:

• Our trip to the Canadian Rockies, including Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise, and Jasper
• Camping at the Kerrville Schreiner Park
• The Kerrville Folk Music Festival
• Our visit to the Promont House Museum in Milford, Ohio
• Pawstock 6, the annual fundraiser for Thundering Paws
• And filed under “better late than never,” our trip to Hawaii eight years ago for our honeymoon.

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