The Kindness of Friends

[pegkerr]

Well, after that extremely surly post this morning, I was exceedingly surprised and excessively touched to receive in the mail, out of the total blue, a package from Amazon from someone on my friends list who just, apparently, wanted to give me a nice surprise by sending me a couple items on my Amazon wishlist. I will be curling up with the Letters of Jane Austen this weekend (I have never read them; can you believe it? But I'll be reading them now!) And a vegetarian lunch cookbook.

I also picked up my reward CD on the way home from work, Past Times With Good Company, by Blackmore's Night (I had wanted to get Entrain, but they didn't have it in stock. That'll have to wait for another time). I had never heard of Blackmore's Night until this month, but I discovered them through Pandora Radio (and Pandora Radio I heard about, again, through my friends list.) I've listened to just a couple tracks, but I already know that it is a winner. The first cut, The Shadow of the Moon, makes me wonder whether the composer was thinking of the story of Luthien Tinuviel from The Silmarillion when he wrote the words.

You can hear a sample cut of one of Blackmore's Night here. Scroll down and listen to "Ghost of a Rose." I hope to get that album sometime, too.

I'll be passing on a personal thank you to the kind-hearted person who sent the books, but I just wanted to say to you all in general: Friends list, you all rock. Really.

Peg, in a much better mood now. Thanks!

Comments

[leiabelle.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for the link! This is lovely. :)

I'm glad you're feeling better too.

[leiabelle.livejournal.com]

I meant to tell you, there are some lovely icons of Tolkien's drawings here if you were looking for more of them.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Oh, those ARE beautiful! Thanks so much for the link!

[tigergladys.livejournal.com]

I've got 3 or 4 of the Blackmore's Night CDs - if you want, I can make some copies and send them to you...

[aome.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your day improved - I hope your weekend was restful.

I saw this Jane Austen calendar and thought of you. :)

[aome.livejournal.com]

And LOOK! You could even have your own Jane Austen action figure!

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

I have the Jane Austen action figure! She is sitting on my bookcase at this moment!

Blackmore's Night

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

I was only aware of one Blackmore's Night CD, *Under a Violet Moon.* Thanks to Mike Pins for playing this for me some years back. This is spectacular music, tight, played with feeling, well composed; I'd seen Blackmore as somewhat of an egomaniac, but this lives up to the hype. Favorites (and these titles are approximate): "The Wind in the Willows" and "And they Sang Malaguena." Maybe someday, when Louie and I are a bit farther ahead financially, I can track down and purchase some of the other CDS.

Nate B.