It's that time of the year, and yeah, I mean Christmas!  There are two really favorite songs for the Yuletide that I really adore, but for slightly sad reasons.  The first, "I'll Be Home For Christmas", a song recorded by Bing Crosby in 1943, speaks of the holiday with "Mistletoe"  and "Snow', but being written from a WW two soldier's view point  which points up the war effort prevalent at that time.  The line "if only in my dreams . . ." gives an added unexpected punch.   Melancholy indeed!

http://youtu.be/EYOvd2PZoPU

Many years later (1970), Richard and Karen Carpenter came up with "Merry Christmas, Darling"  A song that Frank Pooler had written for a paramour in 1946.  Richard Carpenter took the ill-fated lyrics and composed a new tune.  In Novemer of 1970 it premiered.  There was that last line punch again with "I wish I were with you" after the build-up.  Both are now classics, several generations apart
http://youtu.be/EYOvd2PZoPU

Creepy Valley

Creepy Valley
So what is a ceepy valley? Hard to say. It's this side of the Blue Ridge that seems sheltered from all normal atmospheric conditions. But more than that, it's the space (however little between the left and right hemispheres) of the brain, the logical and the intuitive. Pretty big area, huh? We'll see . . .