[Magdalen] The story of the Xmas Truce

[Marion Thompson]

Well, she is not yet dead, as had been erroneously reported last December.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 12/28/2015 2:07 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> It was Joni Mitchell that had a stroke last spring and couldn't speak at
> all. There was a WHOLE lot of denial about it from her camp, and I don't
> know what's happened to her since she left rehab.
>
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu> wrote:
>
>> I'm wondering if Judy Collins got her voice/ear back -- she was singing
>> off-key for quite some time, and I wondered if something (stroke?) had
>> happened to her.  Seems I read something about it a long time ago....
>>
>> Ann
>>
>> The Rev. Ann Markle
>> Buffalo, NY
>> ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
>> blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 2:45 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On what? That the composer's version is always the very best of any song,
>>> no mater what, or that Collins leaves Mitchell in the dust?
>>>
>>> I can imagine some would like Mitchell because she puts no nuance or
>>> expression in her voice, which is a very typical and time-honored
>> folk-song
>>> style. (which I hate. ymmv)
>>>
>>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
>>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 2:39 AM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> Opinions vary on that, James.
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 11:34 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>>>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Joni Mitchell wrote some songs and can't even shine Judy Collins'
>> shoes
>>>> so
>>>>> far as quality of singing those songs goes.
>>>>>
>>>>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>>>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
>>> preserved,
>>>>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> He should. He wrote it!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 6:34 PM, Grace Cangialosi <
>>> gracecan at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And John McCutcheon does a wonderful version, as well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Dec 27, 2015, at 1:38 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <
>>> houstonklr at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Reading on phone so not linking to Jim's posted link. I do
>> have a
>>>>> copy
>>>>>>> of Peter Paul and Mary singing a song about this event.
>>>>>>>> Lynn
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Dec 27, 2015, at 10:08 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> I've known it for years. Lovely song, based on a true story. I
>>> love
>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> "flare lit soccer game"/
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Dec 27, 2015 at 2:18 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>>>>>>>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I am surprised I have not heard this song before.  Very nicely
>>>>>>> performed.
>>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJi41RWaTCs
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>>>>>>>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
>>>>>>> preserved,
>>>>>>>>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>>>>>>>>