In the days of auld lang syne

"Auld Lang Syne" is a Scots poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 and set to the tune of a traditional folk song. It is well known in many countries, especially in the English-speaking world; its traditional use being to celebrate the start of the New Year at the stroke of midnight. By extension, it is also sung at funerals, graduations and as a farewell or ending to other occasions.
The song's Scots title may be translated into English literally as "old long since", or more idiomatically, "long long ago", "days gone by" or "old times". Consequently "For auld lang syne", as it appears in the first line of the chorus, is loosely translated as "for the sake of old times".
Matthew Fitt uses the phrase "In the days of auld lang syne" as the equivalent of "Once upon a time..." in his retelling of fairy tales in the Scots language.
Singing the song on Hogmanay or New Year's Eve very quickly became a Scots custom that soon spread to other parts of the British Isles. As Scots (not to mention English, Welsh and Irish people) emigrated around the world, they took the song with them.
Hey, you learned just a little more in 2011!!

You gotta love a good duet...

Keep your lamps trimmed and burning

I love this season.
When I say season I don't mean the shopping the lights and the snow and the music. Though all of those are wonderful accents to the cold and dark December.
The season to which I'm referring is Advent. The waiting. The preparing. The quieting of your heart and listening for the wonder that is to come.
It's a beautiful, mysterious month.
We sang this song in church today, and I'm not kidding when I say the congregation sounded just like this.

A date which will live in infamy

In honor of those that awoke to an attack that fateful morning.

Mid-morning nap

Indy crawled under the covers, and fell asleep like this. I've often tried to put him to sleep like a human, but on my honor, this is not one of those situations.