Each year, I complete my holiday music offerings with a few songs for the new year. Invariably, these songs are accompanied by bittersweet recriminations, wistful longing and timid hopes for the coming year. This year is no different. I’ve said some version of this before, but here we go… Time is an artificial construct. Sure, [...]
Once more, the end of a year
As I do every year, here are two final songs for New Year’s. I tend more to mournful dirge than raucous celebration, since the end of the year tends to be a time to reflect back on things not accomplished (again) and people who have passed. I guess I really ought to focus on the [...]
Good riddance
Time is an illusion. Yes, it takes about 24 hours (these things aren’t precise) for the Earth to rotate, exposing us to a complete cycle of sunlight, but it depends on where on the globe you are and what time of year it is. And it’s about 365 days to move around the sun. But [...]