Dark Days

These really are the dark days before Christmas. By five in the afternoon it is completely dark outside. I am sitting here at my computer, listening to a Dutch band called “Klein Orkest”. Like most music in this house it isn’t exactly new, but it is good. Not the usual themes, but songs for grown-ups. I can’t really remember when I last bought a CD and what it was, though I listen to a lot of music. I do tend to listen to my favourites again and again. There is Luka Bloom, a great Irish singer, who seems to have made a song for every mood. I always go back to his songs, and they are always in my head.