From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #745 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Thursday, December 15 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 745 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: River [gerard mclaughlin ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:41:35 +0000 From: gerard mclaughlin Subject: Re: River i like how joni makes reference to the irreverence on our part as a culture in the way we approach christmas..."It's coming on Christmas.Theyre cutting down trees,theyre putting up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace". It sucks . Nothing depressing in my book about wishing you had a river you could skate away on ! Skating away on a frozen river must be exhillerating don't you think? You'd get to see the trees on either side standing in all their winter glory and maybe the occasional reindeer forraging in the snow for food.Once I built a snow woman and child and my niece and I watched dazzled as two deer came in the night and ate the carrots we had put as their noses and the branches we had put on as hair ! I'm with Joni here. Leave nature alone and get blooming well real. On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Susan Tierney McNamara wrote: > Sharon, thanks for saying exactly what I was thinking!!! I agree, > Christmas is not always a time of joy, but sadness for things we have lost > or people we miss. This song not only deals with these emotions but I also > love the way Joni conveys the hurt from causing others pain ... selfish and > sad ... and the feeling of just wanting to skate away ... > > take care, Sue > ________________________________________ > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [owner-joni@smoe.org] on behalf of Sharon > Watkins [swat676699@aol.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 6:13 PM > To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: River > > I do see River as a Christmas song; but I just see it as being realistic. > Unfortunately, Christmas is a difficult time for many as they deal with > hardship and personal loss. I see River as giving voice to those who have > to deal with the loss of a love or divorce during the holidays. To me it is > very honest portrayal during a season when we are supposed to paste on a > happy face even while our heart may be breaking. > Sharon > > Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #745 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------