A few minutes of comfort music
The bomb cyclone still battering much of the country with insane cold and wind may be the worst ever for Buffalo, New York, said Erie County executive Mark C. Poloncarz on Saturday. Hundreds were stranded in restaurants or stuck in cars Friday night beyond the reach of rescuers.
A Buffalo physician “was coaching over the phone as a woman delivered her sister’s baby at home,” the Washington Post reports.
“[L]ife-threatening lows … blizzards and floods …. left more than a quarter million people without power on Christmas Day” across the country, CNN adds.
The Southeast saw rolling blackouts on Saturday as Duke Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) tried to cope with electrical demand that threatened to crash their grids.
Whether you’re snug inside this morning or stuck in an airport — and not in your car in a blizzard, we hope — let me regift you a few minutes of peace on Earth. The last few days have been so hectic, I almost forgot about this charming video from 2018:
My wife received this new music video the other day via IM from Robert Henderson, one of the songwriter/producers, an old acquaintance. The images are arresting and beautiful. The song is soothing and stays with you. It has been the best Christmas gift so far this year. We’ve played it over and over. (Watch the sun traverse at timestamp 1:35.)
Thank you for visiting with us every day. It is a privilege (and a coping mechanism) in these stressful times to share this modest platform with Digby, Dennis, and our friends. It means a lot.
Happy Hollandaise!