We listened to the wonderful Utah Phillips tribute two-CD collection "Singing through the Hard Times," which was wonderful! Dan, Kendall and Jacqui, thank you so much for doing this!

Also listened to a lovely bit of my White Hart In Search of RewardLP (from the '70s, I think?) to test the turntable on the retro console stereo I bought myself for Christmas. Wish we'd had time to play the whole wonderful album, but that will come soon. Thanks go to my local thrift shop for the Crosley console, of which we will make good use.

I soloed in "Some Children See Him" at church on Christmas Eve, but didn't much care for the song. Too twee, too modern. I had pushed for "Shepherds Arise" -- which I would have enjoyed -- but the music director and I don't have very similar taste.

Yesterday I went to a post-Christmas pub sing featuring wassailing songs. Now, that I liked! I even got to lead the Apple Tree Wassail.

C