DECADE’S END
My Favorite Albums Each Year from 2010-2019
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2010: Harlem River Blues, Justin Townes Earle
Runner-up: American VI: Ain’t No Grave, Johnny Cash
2011: Barton Hollow, The Civil Wars
Runner-up: So Beautiful or So What, Paul Simon
2012: Ashes & Roses, Mary Chapin Carpenter
Runner-up: That’s Why God Made the Radio, The Beach Boys
2013: Lines We Trace, Hey Marseilles
Runner-up: Old Yellow Moon, Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
2014: The River & the Thread, Roseanne Cash
Runner-up: Standing in the Breach, Jackson Browne
2015: Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens
Runner-up: Something More than Free, Jason Isbell
2016: A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, Sturgill Simpson
Runner-up: Are You Serious, Andrew Bird
2017: A Deeper Understanding, War on Drugs
Runner-up: Windy City, Alison Krauss
2018: Golden Hour, Kacey Musgraves
Runner-up: By the Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlisle
2019: Tides of a Teardrop, Mandolin Orange
Runner-up: Amidst the Chaos, Sara Bareilles
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SONG OF THE YEAR 2019
“Golden Embers,” from Tides of a Teardrop by Mandolin Orange
This year’s best song describes how hard we must work to help each other in the face of devastating losses, lest they divide and overcome us. The poignant video portrays a father and son, each grappling with his own grief and how it threatens their ongoing relationship.
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Read: Mandolin Orange Makes Harmony Grounded in Grief on New Album
The Internet Monk Archives 
Folks, I’m fine with sharing prayer requests and all, but that’s not really the purpose of the blog. I’d rather you exchange emails and communicate that way or join the Facebook group and keep up with each other there. I’m gratified that we can communicate, but it really isn’t the purpose of most of the daily blog posts.
Perhaps I could help by having a weekly update post or something like that where folks could share.
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Susan, my prayers are with you all, and with the firefighters.
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A single good note from Australia’s terrible fires:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/12/31/zoo-director-takes-monkeys-pandas-home-save-them-deadly-wildfires/#comments-wrapper
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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/extraordinary-2019-ends-with-deadliest-day-of-the-worst-fire-season-20191231-p53nw0.html
This a link to Sydney Morning Herald.
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my comment was moderated.
I hope it might appear soon.
Such a dreadful day.
No local fires but family and friends affected.
Susan
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The story behind the late Dan Fogelberg’s Auld Lang Syne.
https://www.pjstar.com/article/20071222/NEWS/312229933
The song –
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Mandolin Orange, I never heard of them ’til now. Pretty awesome
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I’m afraid you’re right, Robert . . .
last evening I met a new grand-niece for the first time, a beautiful child, just fourteen months old . . . . I wonder what is her future to be like on this planet . . . the signs are getting worse, aren’t they?
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This is not a drill or exercise. This is a new era. It’s horrible. I hope Susan and John are okay.
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things have got really bad in Australia . . . please pray for Susan and her family
their military is now helping to fight the fires
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Thanks for the memories.
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Happy Holidays, everyone
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