Jul
31
Origa
Category: Auditorial Pleasures, SF/F Geekery | 
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Where have I been? Or at least, why didn’t I notice this before? My husband and I have a sizeable collection of music. So when iTunes popped up with a song I didn’t recognize I thought, what’s this? Of course I go and look. It was called “Yoru no Melody” by Origa. It was nice. [...]
Jul
30
My cat, Toulouse is such a. . . little nugget of trouble. He is constantly trying to open the top drawer of my tall night stand behind my desk. The first time it happened I thought maybe I’d forgotten to close the drawer. The second time it happened I mentioned it to my husband who [...]
Jul
29
EDIT: IT’S FIXED! In the database the site url and the home url were different. Once I made them both http://ruthiechan.net/wordpress it worked fine. I never would have figured this out in anything resembling timely. So I posted my issue on the word press forums, and Vachi quite swiftly solved the problem. And because the [...]
Jul
27
Using the Spirit for Guidance
Category: Hazel-isms, Spirituality | 1 Comment
My daughter Hazel is five years old. We were having a discussion about the Spirit (aka Holy Ghost) after singing the Hymn the Spirit of God. She often likes to get involved in what I am doing when preparing the music for Relief Society. So, we put together a list of things that one can [...]
Jul
26
Children's Hymn I Am A Child Of God
Category: Auditorial Pleasures, Families, Hazel-isms, Spirituality | Leave a Comment
During Music Time (or Spot or whatever you’d like to call it) in Relief Society I talked with the sisters about this hymn.
I asked my daughter Hazel who is now five years old, “how does this song make you feel?”
She said, jumping, “HAPPY!”
I confirmed, smiling, “It makes you feel happy?”
“Yes, and it makes me feel [...]