Hitchhiker's guide to this galaxy.

A long time ago, oh, I'd say going on 25 years now, I was a big fan of author Douglas Adam's books. I was reminded of them his books morning when I found my son's copy of this series. While my collection was a hodge podge of paperback and hardback copies of Mr. Douglas' books, his collection is all together in one neatly bound hardback copy. His first exposure to the books was finding one of my collection on one bored day when he felt he had nothing to do. When he asked me about the book, I was delighted to recount what I remembered of the adventures of Arthur Dent and the guide for all hitchhikers who traveled the Universe.  Years later, he is delighted with this fictional notion of our universe. Except for the book "Mostly Harmless", he doesn't care for the ending of that story. It's actually one of the series that he introduced to me that I haven't read yet. Nice that we've come full circle and that he can now introduce me to one of  Mr. Adam's stories  that I wasn't familiar with.

So why all this about Mr. Douglas' books?

Well this morning when I found my son's copy of the books it was a moment when I needed a diversion to this life. Actually it was at a time when I could have used my own guide to the galaxy. A time when I was seeing so many strange inhabitants of this world and could really use a guide and a Babel fish to help sort it all out. Well that and I was about to wash a load of towels. It kind of made me hope there was a clean one near by, incase some intergalactic road crew decided to construct a road through my planet.  That book  suddenly made me long for a little tiny intertgalactic fish to help translate just what the heck the crazy inhabitants of my political universe were babeling on about.

So far, no translating fish swimming in my ear canal.  I'll let you know if I hear anything.

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For those folks who missed yesterdays 12 dogs and a blog diary entry, you can find it here > Poop happens .  The first part is an encouragement to someone on the blogs who was having a terrible morning.  This is also where you're going to find the links to the Hannah in Blogland and  yesterday's "What did I learn last night?" entries. I really like how Hannah in Blogland turned out. It's fun and introduces you to another of the blogs here in Blogland. The rest of the day's entry are letters for Auntie Slacker to answer. I really do need to get on with answering those letters. There's not a Sunday Night Storytime. I started a story but it's just not working out. When I finish it, I'll provide a link but I hate to offer it is the main story event. To find these posts you just have to click here > Poop happens

I'm writing the new "What did I learn last night?" in the next hour or so. I'll post a link here when it's finished.

(As promised the link to >What did I learn last night?)

That's about it. If you've read the above and also yesterday's entry, I guess that you're all caught up.

I have things to do today so I'll be in and out. Say hello if you see me in Blogland.

Other than that?

Take care and don't forget your towel.

Cya' and best regards,

Ann

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Playlist

Yesterday we added kd lang's album Watershed.

I'm a big fan of  kd lang's new album. Love the song  Thread and  Upstream. This is such a beautiful album. The lyrics read like poetry. The melodies like a dream.

It's going to be a pleasure to listen to and to write about.

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Today we are adding Duffy's new album Rockferry  to the playlist.

It's always a delight to add a new female singer to the playlist. No surprise why I love Duffy. It seems she has female singers from the past as her influence. That influence shows in the melodies on Rockferry. This however isn't a copy of the genre. No. This a continuation of the long journey being traveled by female singers since the females have been singing. Duffy takes these musical influences and puts their mark on it so that while you kind of recognize the past in these songs it is just a vague recollection.

The twist to these songs is new not derivative.

The track your most likely to hear in from this album is track seven on the album, "Mercy". I like it. But truthfully? My current favorite is track two entitled"Warwick Avenue.

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Recap?

On kd lang's album " Watershed " ?

*Love track five called " Thread " and track nine entitled  " Upstream " .

On Duffy's new album  " Rockferry " ?

*Love track seven "Mercy" and track two entitled   "Warwick Avenue ".

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Lots more to read here on the 12 dogs and blog. 

Take care gentle reader!    Happy reading!

See you in Blogsland,

Ann