So my journal asked me what I would like for my birthday and I just said: “you know.” And lo, the following post has appeared…

So first up – oh yes, possibly the single most sublime song from one of the sublimest bands ever to have blessed the Earth. I have surely heard this at least 400 times, and somehow … it’s still every bit as heartmeltingly great.

And then there is a lullaby for the world from Michael Franti…

And … a dangerous final choice… Something about this that’s almost too shatteringly perfect for human ears…