Tag: Things to Listen To

Various and Sundry Writing

Okay, NOW it’s time for Christmas music

By Bjorn Munson | by Bjorn Munson

My kids independently confirmed they did not want Christmas music to play nor Christmas decorations to go up until after Thanksgiving. Indeed, they voiced their displeasure at local radio stations switching to Christmas music and lights going up on neighborhood houses before this sensible demarcation point. Alas, we are not the Holderness Family and will not be producing a Thanksgiving banger… for now (one kid does seem to feel that is a worthy mission, so…

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Various and Sundry

Music to Reflect on D-Day

By Bjorn Munson | by Bjorn Munson

While it’s not my favorite war film, I confess I do often have an itch to watch The Longest Day on June 6th… and then I think of all sorts of moments from the film, including the repeated use of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. Maddy Shaw Roberts assembled a collection of music connected to World War II or in remembrance thereof in honor of the 80th anniversary of D-Day last year, but it’s still a good…

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Writing

The Layers and Nuance of Decluttering, as told by Ann Patchett

By Bjorn Munson | by Bjorn Munson

Anyone who’s gone through a family member’s belongings after they have passed knows the many emotions it may stir. And then, for many of us, there’s all the stuff we’ve accumulated… which would not be a nice to leave someone to go through. But then what do you do with all the stuff? A longform article about this would be nice. A longform article by a novelist used to elegantly weaving sometimes conflicting, sometimes ephemeral…

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