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Notes from the Far Fringe

The Musings of a Unitarian Universalist Minister

Tag Archives: Mood: Bittersweet

STLT#351, A Long, Long Way the Sea-Winds Blow

So… yesterday I kinda made fun of the whole “time cliché” thing. And this morning I realized we’re in the Here and Now section, so of COURSE we are singing songs about time and being present. I don’t regret yesterday’s post – it did feel a little cliché to me. This one feels less so, …

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September 16, 2017 Kimberley Leave a comment

STLT#333, Alone She Cuts and Binds the Grain

So… I’ll be honest. I don’t know what to think here. I’ve been staring at this screen for a solid five minutes wondering what to say. It’s not that it’s a bad piece. It is sweet – first, it’s set to a lovely Missouri Harmony tune (Devotion), which we first sang back in early January. …

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August 29, 2017 Kimberley 4 Comments

STLT#324, Where My Free Spirit Onward Leads

One of the downsides of so many hymn tunes is that groups of them begin to sound alike. For instance, there’s a whole set of them in the O Waly Waly/Gift of Love milieu that I constantly confuse for one another. And now there is another set of them – including this English tune, called Kingsfold, …

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August 20, 2017 Kimberley Leave a comment

STLT#99, Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen

Oh my goodness. I forgot this was in our hymnal. So… it’s a familiar song, one that has been recorded by such notable singers as Paul Robeson, Louis Armstrong, Sam Cooke, and Mahalia Jackson. It’s appeared in countless movies. For some reason, it appeals to many across racial lines, perhaps because everyone at some time …

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January 10, 2017 Kimberley 4 Comments

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