Gifts from a Fairy Godmother

Over in faeriefashion, this post shares the story of a real life fairy godmother, who brings a little magic into the lives of hospitalized children.

Discovering Billy Bragg

My husband walked in a few minutes ago and told me that he'd just discovered a folk musician who's work he really liked, and had me search for Billy Bragg on YouTube. Karl kept saying that he couldn't figure out how he'd managed to miss this guy all these years. (Wikipedia states that Bragg has been performing for more than thirty years.) I thought maybe you would enjoy his music, too.

( videos behind the cut, for those of you with slow connections )

His interpretation of "Blood of the Lamb" is extraordinary. I think it's the best, musically, of the songs I've listened to this evening, but I also find the tone disturbing.