S!

OK, I’m a bit behind on my posting this week because I usually write at least some of my posts ahead of time on the weekend, especially Sunday, and this week we went to Rochester for a day of fun and buying stuff at Trader Joe’s. (Yes, we have a Trader Joe’s in Buffalo. We actually have two Trader Joe’s, but we don’t like the main one (actually the store itself is fine, but its location on Niagara Falls Boulevard is really a pain to get to) and we haven’t been to the new one that opened a few months ago yet.) So for tonight’s post, I checked Sunday Stealing to see if it was an easy one…and it is! Five things I love that start with S! How hard can that be?

[taps chin]

[drums fingertips on the table]

[looks up at the ceiling]

Well, maybe this one’s a little harder than I thought…but let’s see what we can come up with. As always, I have no compunctions about cheating on Internet quizzes.

1. STARS.

This is no secret, right? I love the stars…particularly the stars of winter. Here’s my boy Orion the Hunter, shrouded by clouds, taken just last week.

2. Symphonies!

I should get back to featuring full-length symphonies here. There’s no doubting that my favorite long form in music is the symphony. A great symphony is a musical world unto itself, regardless of how long it is; Mozart’s 40th is as magnificent a journey as Mahler’s 1st, even if the former is half as long as the latter.

3. The sea.

I mean…it’s the sea. ‘Nuff said.

4. Straps.

You can’t have overalls without them!

5. Shoresy.

Season Five will be on Hulu next week!