I’ve been so busy lately – what with Christmas preparations and funeral/family obligations – that I have not had time to finish any reviews. I hope to have at least one posted next week, however.
It will not be the new Malle scent, Portrait of a Lady. We Did Not Get On, The Lady and I, and my decant has found a new home. It might be the new Hermessence, Iris Ukiyoe, or one of the new Dior Collection Couturier scents, New Look 1947. Or maybe one from DSH Perfumes. Who knows? At this stage I think I’d better not promise anything!
Over the next two months I will be getting back to reviewing tuberose scents. I don’t know why cold weather calls for tuberose, but it does, at least in my world.
The CEO did hear from The Mysterious Them on Monday evening regarding the potential job: as we suspected, they decided that they really needed the experience of one of the other candidates instead of The CEO’s writing and public speaking skills, although it seems to have been a difficult decision, narrowing down from five applicants to The CEO and the guy they eventually hired. I think I had better not identify Them, except to say that this was a political staffer position.
Has The CEO ever held a political job? No. After a stellar college career, a stint as a Governor’s Fellow, and his Fulbright scholarship, he came home to run the family farm, and then a few years ago he became an instructor of agricultural economics at the nearby university. He’s also been an Eisenhower Fellow in recent years, so he’s not your average farmer (Agricultural Industry Professional, as he likes to call it). But no political experience. (Yet.)
He’s bummed. I’m bummed too, especially since I think he feels his skills are going to waste raising cows, and he’s ready for a career change. But it’s possible that opportunities may arise out of this setback, too.
And now, for your listening pleasure, I share with you my mother’s favorite Christmas music: Pietro Yon’s lovely carol Gesu Bambino, sung here (in English) by the incomparable Jessye Norman. I know I shared this one on the blog last year, but for me it’s not Christmas without Gesu Bambino. Enjoy!
Edit: please note that you will have to click twice on the video to see it, and it will actually take you directly to Youtube. (This worked more easily with Google Blogger last year.) Sorry. Anyway, it’s well worth hearing, five minutes’ worth of beautiful.
Muse in Wooden Shoes 