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Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Holiday Greetings from Sunny Port Charlotte, Florida
I've started the all-Christmas programming on the Online Folk Festival, with about 17 hours of wildly eclectic Christmas music in shuffle play. Some folk, some cajun, some Celtic, some flamenco/latino Christmas, some tejano, some progressive (Jethro Tull), some steel drum, some worldbeat, some comedy from the Arrogant Worms and others. All in all, I think it's got good texture. So tune in for a dose of holiday cheer
It was in the 70s here today. I just saw on the Weather Channel some footage of airport personnel de-icing planes in Columbus during their mix of frozen rain and snow. I just have three words to offer in consolation:
Nyah nyah nyah.
But seriously, Port Charlotte is quite different than the last time I was here over the holidays last year. Hurricane Charlie really did a number on this place. A lot of shops up and down US 41 are still closed, many of them likely closed for good, and a lot of houses still have "blue" roofs (for the blue tarps covering the roofs waiting for repairs. The difference is most noticeable in the number of trees gone. I can see US 41 from the backyard of my parents' home, which I couldn't do last year because of the trees along the canal. And it's the same everywhere I go - trees gone, and you can see for a long ways .
Anyway, just wanted to let y'all know that the full-on Online Folk Festival holiday throwdown has begun, to gloat a little bit about the weather, and to wish y'all a Merry Christmas.
It was in the 70s here today. I just saw on the Weather Channel some footage of airport personnel de-icing planes in Columbus during their mix of frozen rain and snow. I just have three words to offer in consolation:
Nyah nyah nyah.
But seriously, Port Charlotte is quite different than the last time I was here over the holidays last year. Hurricane Charlie really did a number on this place. A lot of shops up and down US 41 are still closed, many of them likely closed for good, and a lot of houses still have "blue" roofs (for the blue tarps covering the roofs waiting for repairs. The difference is most noticeable in the number of trees gone. I can see US 41 from the backyard of my parents' home, which I couldn't do last year because of the trees along the canal. And it's the same everywhere I go - trees gone, and you can see for a long ways .
Anyway, just wanted to let y'all know that the full-on Online Folk Festival holiday throwdown has begun, to gloat a little bit about the weather, and to wish y'all a Merry Christmas.
