On Hiatus for a short while

I've finally decided that I don't want to find things 'just to post' while I'm still so sick with this latest virus right now. It's not fair to my readers and becomes just 'work' for me. I'm still swimmy headed, nauseated and weak. It's hard to focus on anything, so I'm taking a break. Yes, again.

I'll be back when I feel better. Hopefully that'll be sooner rather than later.

Riding the crest
of the morning waves
a bottle

Sent around by a friend to his email list and worth reading/watching

Disa Gudmundsdottir took me out into the barren countryside one day to show me the home studio of the Icelandic band, Sigur Ros. It was no more than a humble shack in the middle of nowhere. Sigur Ros has an enormous following around the world. Their music is so purely Icelandic, evoking the lonely landscapes of this northern nation.A few years ago, after many world tours, Sigur Ros returned home to play a series of concerts across Iceland. This home tour was filmed and released as a two-disc dvd called Heima ("at home"). I bought a copy as soon as it was released, and have nowwatched it five or six times. Heima won awards and was voted, by users of the Internet Movie Database, the best documentary of all time. Not sure about that lofty billing, but it is spectacular and heartwarming. You can easily see how humble the members of Sigur Ros are, and how, in their native country, they are not punished with celebrity.Heima is now on youtube, in ten parts. Here's the link to part one. I hope that youwill find time to watch the entire documentary. It is magical.

My note: This starts a little slow, but is well worth the lead-in time.

Heima : Part One


direct link is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNofqsFTW08

Oh, another good Clapton number

I haven't disappeared

I'm just not at the computer as much while my ankle heals. It still burns and swells more when I can't put it up and there's no way at this high table and drafting chair I use in here to do that.

I will return!

Pris