While we Americans are patiently 😁 awaiting our presidential election results, we might turn our attention to the fact that it is the season of gratitude. In the US, the weeks approaching Thanksgiving are a time to slow down and take stock of all the things we are thankful for. Life is such a gift, and I grieve for all who have lost loved ones in the pandemic, and am grateful for our own good health. What are you thankful for, in spite of all the disasters we have experienced this year?
I have posted the Thanksgiving favorite, We Gather Together for my November giveaway. This is replacing last year’s Over The River and Through The Woods. If you want that arrangement, leave a comment below and I will email it to you.
This month is also your last chance to print O Holy Night from my website. Just click on the link above and you can see all the other downloadable free sheet music from the past year.
I hope you are well, and will be able to connect with your loved ones during the holidays, even if it is only online. I am deeply grateful for all of the kind people who subscribe to my blog and tell me that they are playing and enjoying my arrangements. Bringing more music into your life gives meaning to mine. Thank you for joining me here, and for all of your good wishes.
Leave a comment below if you have a request for an arrangement of a holiday song or piece for December!
With gratitude, love and music, Gaili
In this time of national stress, I am grateful to everyone who is working toward a peaceful and more perfect union. I am also grateful to you for being our virtual piano teacher for all this time . . . even before we were doing everything “virtually.” Thanks, Gaili!
Thanks Mary! Beautifully put
Dear Gaili
Thanks for the beautiful song.Excellent choice and great job on the lyrics!
Given the traumas of these times, there is a greater urgency than ever to focus on the positive and allow the healing power of sound and music to do its work.
“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All the best to you and your family
Audrey
What a beautiful quote Audrey! And so true. In a time when the arts are constantly being devalued in our schools, it is a great reminder that humans need to nurture themselves with the beautiful things in life along with paying the bills. It’s so easy to cut ourselves off from all but what seems like the necessities. And then we realize we have become depressed or even traumatized by this tunnel vision.
Many thanks for your kind words