Made it

I do not think there is a public school teacher in this country who would not agree that this is the most desperately needed vacation.  Phew....

This vacation I vow to:

• work on making submissions to galleries and shows
• work on issue two of my zine
• work on my Etsy shop
• print in my darkroom
• not check my work e-mail more than once a day
• re-start my Hungarian lessons
• cement the plans for Paris for me and the hubby.

I just finished listening to this:

http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/christmas-old-world/

It is a show of Medieval Christmas music.  I am so in love with this era.  One of the best exhibits I have seen in recent years was the Illuminated Manuscripts from Italy at the NGA.  There were some pieces that had a speaker nearby playing the piece in the sheet music.  Heaven!  And especially wonderful because there is very little out there on the work from Italy.  I didn't know of the great tradition of illumination from that area of Europe.  I only knew of those from further north or west.  

There is so much out there from the early 20th century and the medieval era that I could listen to Christmas music all vacation and not listen to the same thing twice.  But I have to find all those gems first.