1. Today was the Deke's birthday and we celebrated it in low key fashion. For starters, I got more familiar with our new Bose wireless speaker and we had a great day listening to acoustic blues, bluegrass, and a variety of stringed instrumental tunes by a variety of players, including Allison Krauss, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, Tony Furtado, Tony Rice, and many others on Pandora's Jerry Douglas channel. This music did my soul a ton of good.
For a little while we listened to the Stan Rogers station. We heard both Stan Rogers and his brother Garnet sing songs that had me tearing up. Stan Rogers' sea song, "White Squall" is as sad a song of loss as there is. You can listen to it here.
My favorite Garnet Rogers songs were his versions of poems written by the Australian poet Henry Lawson. They were released early in his recording career, after Stan died in a 1983 jet crash, and Garnet Rogers began to record solo albums. We heard one of the Lawson poem/songs today,"The Sliprails and the Spur," a song of separation and deep longing. I wish I could link you to a video of him singing this song, but I can link you to the poem. It's here. I can also tell you that the song appears on Garnet Rogers' album, Speaking Softly in the Dark.
2. The Deke and I were very happy when the Furniture Exchange called to say our new love seat could be delivered this afternoon. It arrived and will be the piece of furniture we will build the rest of the living room around. We are determined to keep our furniture to a minimum in the living room and to leave plenty of space so that we can move easily through the room. With the love seat in place, we are imagining many possibilities for what else to furnish the room with and stay within our minimalist vision for the living room.
3. Christy, Everett, and Carol came over to our house at 6:00 so we could enjoy the birthday pie Christy baked, served with ice cream. The Deke requested it because of how much she loved this pie at Thanksgiving. Christy made the pie a day or so ahead of time to give the currants plenty of time to soak in brandy and because it's a pie whose flavors benefit from sitting overnight. The pie is called Apple Cranberry Currant Pie with French Topping. It's one of the most delicious pies I've ever tasted and the recipe is no secret. It's right here.
After pie, we all traipsed over to Christy and Everett's where Christy had made an awesome hot buttered rum batter and we ended the night with a sweet, hot, and tasty nightcap.
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