Fun Friday!

HAPPY FRIDAY ALL! Well kids, it's been long overdue for a Bill's song pic of the week! ENJOY!

TBT: A Matter of Faith

 

As a Wiccan, I faithfully celebrate Ostara and the Spring Equinox. As a daughter; however, I still spend the Easter holidays, church aside, with my Christian family. There may be a few of my fellow Wiccans who might believe that in doing so, I am in conflict with my Wiccan beliefs. As I see it, I, myself, am not celebrating Easter - I am merely respecting the fact that my family does.  I love spending time with my family and friends and since that does not interfere in any way with the fact that I am Wiccan and celebrate the sabbat of Ostara, I certainly do not see any problem with it. 

For example, my husband is agnostic, but he has always respected my decision to be a Wiccan. Even though he does not actually participate in our circles and sabbat celebrations, he is still there with me and he helps me in any way he can.  He has always stood by me and supported me throughout these many years. The fact that he does not follow my own personal religious beliefs, does not mean that he can not be accepting of them.

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As a Wiccan Priestess and teacher, I am also a strong advocate of religious tolerance, and as such, I truly believe in “practicing what I preach.” After all, it is a road which runs both ways.  It is important for us to remember that, ultimately, we all breathe the same air and we are all a part of the same universe – regardless of our various faiths and diverse religious beliefs.

Wordless Wednesday

Epitaph

Last Saturday, I published a post about a concert my husband and I attended of an awesome Pink Floyd tribute band from Great Britain called, "Brit Floyd".

I am a very much a fan of Pink Floyd's 70's style music while my husband prefers what they put out in the 80's and 90's. Towards the end of the show, Brit Floyd played some of Pink Floyd's very early music which was completely psychedelic. Now, coming from someone who appreciates the music of "The Doors," I did not at all like Pink Floyd's stuff. The song selections were obviously intended to be a tribute to Syd Barrett as well and the video clips they showed during those particular selections showed memories of Syd.

Syd Barrett was Pink Floyd's first singer and lead guitarist. He was very talented, an artist and, unfortunately, got addicted to dropping acid at the time when Pink Floyd was just beginning to make a name for themselves in the late 60's. Long story short, Syd's behavior became so erratic that not only did he begin singing and playing different songs in the middle of the the rest of the group performing in their live performances, but he could not be counted on even as much as to show up at the recording studio sessions. Enter David Gilmour. Gilmour was playing in another group at that time, but was hired to be a second (back up) lead guitarist and lead singer for Syd  - meaning that Gilmour had learned to play and sing every single song with  Pink Floyd live in a very short period of time.

It had gotten to the point where the rest of the group had to fire Syd and officially add David Gilmour to the group. In my opinion, Pink Floyd would not be PINK FLOYD and their successful musical career if it were not for Gilmour's talents changing the group's musical direction, After Syd's departure, the remaining members of Pink Floyd - including David Gilmour who also knew, performed with, and missed his friend Syd, had essentially written four songs about him - "Wish You Were Here." "Brain Damage",  "Comfortably Numb," and "Shine On You Crazy Diamond." Syd died in 2006 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 60. 

In any case, I found this cool video on Sunday while searching on YouTube and I thought that I would share it here ...

"... And if the cloud bursts thunder in your ear, you shout but no one seems to hear. And when the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon." ~ Roger Waters from Pink Floyd ("Brain Damage")

R.I.P, Syd Barrett.

Weekend happenings

Yesterday was very busy. I took a 1 in 4 day from work which I earned and we had to travel to Easton, PA to go check out a car for my husband's job. He travels A LOT and is on the road all day long so his company told him that if he gets a new car, they will reimburse him a percentage of what his car loan would be on a monthly basis. He needs an SUV because he must keep machine parts on hand while working on the road. This is the car he picked out and plans to pick up sometime this week ...

It's a 2022 Mazda CX5.

I saw an absolutely adorable Mazda sports car there as well that I just had to take a picture of ... 😍

Another reason I took my only 1 in 4 day was because we had tickets to go see "Brit Floyd" - a very popular Pink Floyd cover band from Great Britain. The concert was held at The Wind Creek Event Center in Easton. The venue is part of a mall full of outlets and has a casino as well ...

After we left the dealership, we had dinner at one of the restaurants at the mall called, "Steelworkers Canteen". A very nice woman offered to take a pic of my husband and I while waiting in line to be seated ...

My husband took these pics during the concert with his cell phone ...

My husband bought tickets TWO YEARS AGO, but the show was cancelled because of the covid bs and had been re-scheduled. The group began the show with the song, "Learning to Fly" and continued to sing and play for another two and a half hours. They sang an entire repertoire of Pink Floyd hits from their early psychedelic days to their later hits. They included a couple of songs from the album, "Dark Side of the Moon" i.e. the songs "Money" and "Time" - other songs they performed were "Wish You Were Here", "Comfortably Numb", and "Another Brick in the Wall". The only song which they did not perform was one of my fav's called, "Brain Damage/Eclipse". So, I decided to share a live video of Brit Floyd playing it in this post. I hope you enjoy!

All in all, well worth the wait!!

A little Thursday humor ...

Happy Thursday, friends! I hope that you all enjoy this little video clip brought to you by my fur babies - Leo, Ginger, and Butterscotch ...

This and That (and a giveaway)

On Thursday, I was poking around on my friend Dot's "Celtic Myth & Moonlight" Facebook page and saw this gorgeous piece which just arrived in her store! ...

I asked her to save it for me and I would pick it up today after dropping off my signed income tax paperwork. I took these pics after I got home and took it out of the box. It is a Celtic Dragon Box and it is a new addition to my altar room ...  

Moving on, lately I was thinking about having a small giveaway this month. It is for a Black Cat ceramic votive candle holder (gold metallic candle included) ...

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IF ANYONE WOULD BE INTERESTED in this item for a giveaway, please leave a comment to this post. I would very much appreciate it! Thanks and have a great rest of the weekend everyone!