"Sunrising" by Future of Forestry

In the gold flood of light
Where the earth meets summer skies
In the satin chill of night
Where dreams await to rise
You bend, you kiss me
You pull me in
I can feel you
Running to me, running through me

Hear the call of night
Open the borders of time
Hear the song of the stars
Sound like a whisper
I've fallen deep from the day
Into eternal, eternal visions of our love

I am diamond, I am rust
From the place a love of love and pain
Made from heaven made from dust
Where dreams will live again
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this is a moving song... when listening to it, sometimes i feel like i have no idea what it means... but yet i know exactly... it's just a state of mind that can't be explained... a great work by these artists.

Chicago trip

a couple weekends ago, Lyndsey and I rode the train up to Chicago, along with my parents and my brother and his family (Matt, Amy & their daughter Sidney). it snowed huge flakes almost the whole time, which did a great job of putting us in the Christmas spirit. we stayed downtown on Ohio and walked up and down Michigan Ave., spent some time in the park, I tried starting a snowball fight or two but was unsuccessful, obviously ate some great Chicago deep-dish at Giordano's, had plenty of coffee and enjoyed some great time together. here are some pics.

O Holy Night

i've always loved the song "O Holy Night," but i am just now starting to see the depth to some of the lyrics... when you sing something all your life it tends to turn into empty words. i am starting to see the profound statements in this song. especially this verse:

Truly he taught us to love one another,
His law is love and his gospel is peace.
Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother.
And in his name all oppression shall cease.


this sounds like the lyrics of a song you would hear written today; it emphasizes the kind of revolution Jesus stirred up in that time... that rather than violence and hunger for power, there was a much better way to live... the way we were created to live: in peace with one another and experiencing life to the fullest.

random Harper pic

Harper zonks out A LOT... it's pretty much what he does 80% of the time. he can strike some pretty crazy poses when he's sleeping.... and yes he sleeps with his eyes half open often.

you really need to click this picture and get the zoomed version to truly appreciate it...

all songs considered

i have to share this nugget of goodness.... NPR puts out a lot of podcasts, but this one is a gem. "Live Concerts from All Songs Considered" is a podcast of full-length live concerts by great, great artists, a lot of whom aren't mainstream but have HUGE followings and many of you probably like.

Iron & Wine, Rilo Kiley, Animal Collective, Travis, The Polyphonic Spree, Ben Gibbard (Death Cab frontman), Explosions in the Sky, Arcade Fire, Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys, etc...

Right now I'm listening to a show by my man Jose Gonzalez (thanks Derek)... just him and his geetar... great stuff. These aren't big tour bands with their big productions. These are small, intimate, just plain old music playin' shows. Check it out and make your iPod happy.... or you can just play them straight from the iTunes store while you have a snow day like me! (evil laugh....)

random Harper pic

Christmas tree

Lyndsey and I picked out, put up, and decorated our first Christmas tree last night. This is my first experience with a real tree, so I think I'm in for a treat. Here is a progression of events...