RantWoman is fascinated by this video.
RantWoman does not play the ukulele and therefore feels it is completely inappropriate to comment about anything to do with ukulele technique. What completely charms RantWoman though: the ukulele is just not the first instrument that comes to mind when RantWoman thinks about an arrangement of Eye of the Tiger. That is unquestionably the point of this post. Enjoy!
Sunday, December 27, 2015
Friday, December 25, 2015
Weird Christmas presents featuring Franklin Graham, Christmas In The Ashram-Tom Prasada-Rao
RantWoman sat through all of Meeting for Worship feeling like Santa with a bag full of weird presents.
One of them involves evangelist Franklin Graham.
Brother Franklin has been having media snit-fits about how Muslims and Christians cannot possibly worship the same God because the God he worships has a son named Jesus and the God Muslims worship only has a prophet named Jesus.
The Franklin Graham-themed package in RantWoman's mind: RantWoman wonders what kind of families Brother Franklin hangs out with. RantWoman knows of PLENTY of families where different branches of the family have really different versions of who is whose parent, whether someone's "aunt" is really their mother or whether someone's "mom" is really their grandmother. Other families for any number of reasons have no idea one or more branches even exist.
So much as RantWoman can imagine Brother Franklin wanting to be certain in his viewpoint, RantWoman thinks it might be better to think about how we all have only one planet we are sharing and what are we called to do to share better?
RantWoman could think about all that, but RantWoman could easily also just get distracted with the interfaith musical tangle below.
One of them involves evangelist Franklin Graham.
Brother Franklin has been having media snit-fits about how Muslims and Christians cannot possibly worship the same God because the God he worships has a son named Jesus and the God Muslims worship only has a prophet named Jesus.
The Franklin Graham-themed package in RantWoman's mind: RantWoman wonders what kind of families Brother Franklin hangs out with. RantWoman knows of PLENTY of families where different branches of the family have really different versions of who is whose parent, whether someone's "aunt" is really their mother or whether someone's "mom" is really their grandmother. Other families for any number of reasons have no idea one or more branches even exist.
So much as RantWoman can imagine Brother Franklin wanting to be certain in his viewpoint, RantWoman thinks it might be better to think about how we all have only one planet we are sharing and what are we called to do to share better?
RantWoman could think about all that, but RantWoman could easily also just get distracted with the interfaith musical tangle below.
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Fourth Sunday: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concertos For Oboe & Oboe D'Amore Advent and construction Crane
First some music
Now MAYBE RantWoman will get to her intended riffs on this photo of the construction crane nearest her Meeting including things tying centuries together and techno renditions of evergreens. Maybe.
Now MAYBE RantWoman will get to her intended riffs on this photo of the construction crane nearest her Meeting including things tying centuries together and techno renditions of evergreens. Maybe.
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| Construction crane Blue boom Christmas Tree Lights zigzagging up the pole |
Monday, December 14, 2015
Email, aliens, present
...the aliens....
RantWoman, they don't want to know about the aliens, I'm pretty sure.
RantWoman actually does not necessarily want to know about the aliens either.
Ah, but...
Recently, RantWoman was being, um, plainspoken about aliens who seem to "help" someone write email.
RantWoman's counterpart in the conversation: RANTWOMAN, it's public record. Here's where to look! The aliens in his mother's head offed 3 of his siblings!"
RantWoman has not felt called to go look at public record.
RantWoman is really glad that so far, all this person's aliens do is "help" about email.
Bless us all oh Lord in this festive holiday season...
RantWoman, they don't want to know about the aliens, I'm pretty sure.
RantWoman actually does not necessarily want to know about the aliens either.
Ah, but...
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| Unwrapped |
Recently, RantWoman was being, um, plainspoken about aliens who seem to "help" someone write email.
RantWoman's counterpart in the conversation: RANTWOMAN, it's public record. Here's where to look! The aliens in his mother's head offed 3 of his siblings!"
RantWoman has not felt called to go look at public record.
RantWoman is really glad that so far, all this person's aliens do is "help" about email.
Bless us all oh Lord in this festive holiday season...
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Eighth Night Christmas overtaking? Ode to Joy in Yiddish
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| Christmas Tree with a Menorah on top |
RantWoman, after the fact, thanks Jewish Voices For Peace for a WONDERFUL centered 8th Night vigil at Pacific Place in downtown Seattle. RantWoman's perspective as an ally with about the level of sophistication to say "Happy Hanukkah:" the event was just In Your Face enough to be clear about it's views and still very centered. Plus it was a nice follow-on to a #BlackLivesMatter event on Black Friday.
W. A. Mozart "Oboe Concerto" Moscow Virtuosi Um No, another rendition
Yeah verily, God has commanded RantWoman to provide oboe music for advent.
Bless the Lord for he / she / insert pronoun construction of choice. has not particularly gotten RantWoman to get her act together in time to riff on everything it comes to mind to riff on.
Cope.
And enjoy the music
Oops, um, no.RantWoman is still getting the hand of numerous copyright issues and apologizes for needing to substitue a different version.
Bless the Lord for he / she / insert pronoun construction of choice. has not particularly gotten RantWoman to get her act together in time to riff on everything it comes to mind to riff on.
Cope.
And enjoy the music
Oops, um, no.RantWoman is still getting the hand of numerous copyright issues and apologizes for needing to substitue a different version.
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Seventh Night Cactus Menorah and Carmen
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| Southwest Cactus Menorah |
Dedicated to everyone whose family can suddenly go all telenovela on the situation around any holiday whatsoever.
Have some bunuelos and enjoy the thought of professionals in formal concert dress playing one piano, six hands.
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