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5 on Friday -- Set 204

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at  Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
A new year, and a new feature for 5 on Friday -- The Hit Makers.
Once a month I'm going to feature the songs that launched careers. Starting with the British Invasion in the early-to-mid 60s, I'll be looking at diffe...

5 on Friday -- Set 203

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at  Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
How was your Christmas? Hope it was beautiful like mine was.
That's Brad and me, enjoying our Christmas morning breakfast. (My mom was the photographer.)


Next up on the holiday calendar: New Year's Eve!
2013 has been t...

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5 on Friday -- Set 202

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the set posted by the other 5 on Friday blogger -- you can sign in over at  Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
At the moment, Mike and I are carrying on a tradition started four years ago by our friend Travis. Over the years we've had up to ten bloggers creating wonderful musical sets to share with one another on Fridays.
If...

Behind the Sugar Plum Fairy -- Virtual Advent Blog Tour -- 6th year

Welcome, Virtual Advent Tourists!

This is my sixth year participating, and I'm so glad that Marg and Kelly have launched such a wonderful holiday tradition into the blogosphere. It continues to be a highlight of my season.

I blogged previously during the 2009 Virtual Advent Tour about my love of ballet and The Nutcracker in particular. I can never get enough of it!

Is  The Nutcracker  a Christmas tradition for you, as it is for me?

Are you lucky enough to live in a large city with a profe...

5 on Friday -- Set 201

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the sets posted by the other 5 on Friday bloggers -- you can sign in over at  Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
This week marks my final post in this year's Birthday Boy/Birthday Girl project, which ran throughout 2013. I had a lot of fun with it.
I found it fascinating to see the sorts of music created by people born in dif...

5 on Friday -- Set 200!

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the sets posted by the other 5 on Friday bloggers -- you can sign in over at  Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
200 musical sets! If my February-of-2010 self could see me now...
Let's head into the Christmas swing of things, shall we? My sister and I will be having our annual Sisters Outside Lights Christmas Party tomorrow,...

5 on Friday -- Set 199

Spinning Friday tunes since 2010...
For anyone who wants to join in, simply choose five pieces of music and post them for other bloggers to enjoy. Then check out the sets posted by the other 5 on Friday bloggers -- you can sign in over at  Golch Central's Rambling Stuff .
I'm in the last two days of the November writing marathon known as NaNoWriMo , wherein crazy people write a 50,000-word first draft novel in 30 days.
This is my fifth year slogging through the ordeal. At this point...

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My next Thursday Thirteen will be my 300th listing of thirteen things. A big milestone for A Piece of My Mind!
Because I won't be able to get ready for that by next week--I'll need to recover somewhat from NaNoWriMo  and my choir concert this Friday--my retrospective of Thursday Thirteens from 200 to 300 will be posted on Dec. 12th. See you then!