Some Thursdays, we sing and sing and talk only a little; some Thursdays, we talk a lot. This time, conversation was so good and interesting that we sang less than usual, but it was lovely anyway. I baked banana oatmeal muffins, but we were busy talking and singing, and I think I might need to rename our singing afternoons again, because the tea and treats element is disappearing. Halloween was our theme, but we got sidetracked into talking about Fear, and comfort and religion. Very interesting conversation. There are lots of good songs in the Apple Music Halloween playlist. Some of them are featured in scary movies, and hearing them makes me uncomfortable. I cannot watch scary movies. I learned that when I was young and lost so much sleep after watching a few. The song Bad Moon Rising from American Werewolf in London is the clearest example, and Werewolves of London reminds me of that movie too. Wikipedia says it's a " supernatural comedy horror film". I was terri...
My Home and Family playlist has about 5 hours of music on it. There’s a lot of songs! There are songs we like to sing again and again, and artists we love to sing with. But, there is always something new even in those songs, something a new person points out, or a memory that comes up in the new context of one of our weekly get-togethers. Something that comes up often is that we were familiar with a song from the radio back in the day, and sang along with the chorus in the car, but when we sit there in the Fellowship Room looking at the words on the screen, singing along, we are surprised to see what the song is about. We didn’t know. We didn’t pay attention to the lyrics. Sweet Home Alabama surprised us this week. We looked up the political references in the song, and wow! So interesting. I thought that the really catchy and powerful instrumentals and verse distract from the verses. I sing the instrumentals when they’re that good. Even though missed a few of our “regulars”,...