Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles

There's just one problem with the Finding Direction Fan Club being the Wind Chimes (congratulations, again, Nancy Jayne) and that is - how on earth do you call the club members to order? 

I've got visions of them chiming away and blowing with every whim of the wind rather than providing direction for those less fortunate people in the world who are not official FD Wind Chimes.  This could be a problem indeed.

However, I really think that is more how this august group of fans should operate, anyway.  I envision a harmonious production of chords and chimes for every occasion the club gets together.  They should also go out into the world making music, each with their single note, for everyone they meet.  The world will thus be a better place with beautiful music and vibrant harmony whether the club is meeting together or separate.

Of course, first we must talk about the details of club life.  To begin with, members will cheerully want to pay their dues, I'm sure.  This provides a unique oppportunity for a large group of people (who will all be rushing to join the club I'm sure) to contribute a bit to society.  

Well - at least to the club coffers for worthy charitable causes.  The first of which I'm thinking is of utmost importance.  You see - it suddenly dawned on me as the dark shadows of Thanksgiving day gave way to the beginning of the Christmas season that we have no Christmas music out to listen to.  Nor do we have a clue about which boxes said music might be in.

Thus a dilemma.

Having recently sprung for a new TV and feeling the pinch of the home building project, ready cash is not sitting around waiting for us to go out and replace our Christmas collection of probably about 25 CDs in total over the years.  It's been a long time building and is not easily and quickly replaced.  Plus the Christmas budget is busted with our Christmas/Valentine's/Birthday/Anniversary/Easter/Memorial Day/July 4th, etc, gift to ourselves.

So it comes to mind that perhaps the thing to do is to have each member of the FD Fan Club, said Wind Chimes, make a personal copy of one or two of their own favorite Christmas CDs and send them to the Club Founder and President, moi.  That way not only will I have lovely Christmas music to blog by, but to play in the dark evenings when the sun goes down at 5 p.m., my least favorite time of the year daylight/darkness wise.

You will be most happy to do so, I'm sure.  We are always copying CDs ourselves to carry around and to give to all our friends.  It takes about 3 minutes, max, and is very easy to do.

You think I jest, but I think it's a great idea, myself.  So send in your submissions (might make a good new mini-contest, actually) for the Club President to choose from as to the best and neatest Christmas music.  For instance - Tom has quite a collection of Blues Christmas CDs that is absolutely fantastic.  I love listening to all of them, being one who harbors just a tad of melancholy even in the happiest of times.

So send your entries in to help build the impromptu collection Christmas CDs.  Home recorded offerings (too bad we don't have an iPod) for the deprived moi will be accepted as well.  Your own special collection.

I mean - you can buy a blank CD for about 25 cents or something, right?

Here's the mailing address, and I'll be faithfully checking the mail every day for those cards, letters and Christmas CDs.  Any addition will be greatly appreciated!

Tom & Dee Andrews
P. O. Box 1758
Picayune, Mississippi 39466 

Moving on . . .  It was a year ago this week I broke my foot.  Not much to note about that except the fact that I was totally off my foot and completely housebound and sedentary for seven months exactly!  Try that sometime if you don't think that was hard.

But at least I had some good times and lots of laughs out of it.  Remember "Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers?"  Several people think it's one of the best posts I've ever written.  I was just chronicling events as they happened, I'm tellin' ya.  They just happened to be at my expense and just happened to be funny, okay?!

If you remember, also last year you each got to vote on what kind of Christmas tree (see "The Heart of Christmas - Decorating Decisions 2005) we were going to have to celebrate Christmas.  It was between a traditional lovely tree and a - well - an unconventional tree.  Remember that?  Post-Katrina, me with my broken foot in a cast and on a scooter.  Two new Christmas tree choices will be displayed soon here at Finding Direction for your voting for this year.  The voting was pretty evenly divided last year, but the Cookie Monster Tree finally pulled out ahead, I think.  

We even had a good Christmas, Katrina and scooters notwithstanding.  And now look where we are.  Building a new home.  How exciting is that?!

Those are the thoughts rumbling around in my head this morning.  Glad you dropped by for a visit.  I've got another doctor's appointment today post laser surgery in July/August on my retinas.  So wish me well with that.  Please!

Cheers & Blessings to you all today!  Dee

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