"You saw her bathing on the roof, her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you...."

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vsa_xWLOghg
Hallelujah by Jeff Buckley (Leonard Cohen cover)
Perhaps the most beautiful song ever written, no matter who is singing it.
An almost perfect summer day today, temperature in the mid-twenties and there was a really nice breeze. I spent the late afternoon and early evening at my grandparents. My grandfather was working on his backyard garden, it is a labour of pleasure and it is also very beautiful. Perhaps beautiful is the word of the day. We had dinner, which was these thick, round, fried and wrapped in bacon chicken pieces with fresh streamed yellow beans and sliced potatoes with melted cheese slices and onions. It was so good. Also red Jello with banana's sliced in it for dessert. Oh, the beauty that is food.
Below is a long article from the New York Times, exploring online reading and book reading. Many traditionalists fear that the Web is eliminating books from the lives of children. Of course, since I read a lot of books, I think it is important for children to read and do so for fun. It should be fun but I also think if they can use their mind surfing the Web, then they should be allowed to. Finding the right combination, is very important and necessary to expand the young mind. I wish I had read more as a child but I am trying to make up for it now. Anyway, the link is below.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?em&ex=1217390400&en=2ed38ebdf3964f18&ei=5087%0A
A few Counting Crows clips to end the blog.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cceKvO3oPfg
A compilation of their performance at the Heineken Festival.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TdCuqhrYwpY
Hanging Around (July 25, Virginia Beach)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d996KReLxPM
A Long December (almost all of it, very beautiful) (July 25, Virginia Beach)
All at once, everything can be beautiful, in the right light.
jr.