Caught part of Stainer's Crucifixion on the radio last night so got my battered book out that I've had since I was 13 and joined in with the tenor line - can't even manage the alto line now
He is risen indeed!!
I am playing all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order!
"I must state plainly, Linden, that you have become wondrous in my sight."
For any Eastern Orthodox, such as Zahir or ~lyr, who celebrate Chr-stmas according to the Julian calendar...
this comment helped me to remember to look up Eastern Orthodox Easter...
To any who might see this and are Eastern Orthodox:
Christ is Risen!
Christos voskres!
Khristós Anésti!
E-mailing rusmeister... if anyone wants to wish him some sort of greeting, I'd be glad to pass it on.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"