{"id":7529,"date":"2016-04-06T16:18:14","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T23:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7529"},"modified":"2016-04-06T16:18:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T23:18:14","slug":"five-favorites-miscellanea-lxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=7529","title":{"rendered":"{five favorites}: Miscellanea (LXI)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/fivefavorites.jpg\" alt=\"#5Faves\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><strong>One<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Orthodox Celts.<\/strong>  This is another installment of &#8220;Jen is a music snob&#8221; but I love the vocal harmonies that are reminiscent of what I hear when I&#8217;m listening to Eastern Orthodox liturgical music to fall asleep at night.  And seriously, what is with the step-dancing on the cliffs in &#8220;Rocky Road to Dublin&#8221;?!?!?!?<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Orthodox Celts - Rocky Road To Dublin (Official Video)\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B_e7QbWc5mI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Orthodox Celts - Star Of The County Down\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HEt2XdN_TbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><center><strong>Two<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>The High Kings.<\/strong>  They are probably my favorite for &#8220;Rocky Road of Dublin&#8221; and &#8220;The Little Beggarman&#8221;.  I like their version of &#8220;M\u00e0iri&#8217;s Wedding&#8221; but not as much as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eLA7SjheONk\">the version by Van Morrison and the Chieftains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The High Kings, Rocky Road to Dublin\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0QdbeM2JWYE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The High Kings the Beggarman\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hl6JWSi8jXo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"the High Kings Marie&#039;s Wedding\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JddRkt_FYDY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><center><strong>Three<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Austism-friendly activity bags.<\/strong>  Two ELCA congregations in Pennsylvania <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livinglutheran.org\/2016\/04\/churches-create-autism-friendly-activity-bags\/\">made autism-friendly activity bags<\/a>.  I&#8217;m seriously wanting one for my kiddo!<\/p>\n<p><center><strong>Four<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>Office supplies.<\/strong>  Staples is my idea of nirvana. \ud83d\ude42  I got a back-up set of pens for my planner (because it&#8217;s color-coded) and I almost started drooling in the three aisles of <a href=\"http:\/\/target.com\">Tar-zhay<\/a> that had binders and notebooks and pens.<\/p>\n<p><center><strong>Five<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n<p><strong>My friend John.<\/strong>  I did something somewhat stupid and got into a fight with someone on his Facebook wall over an asinine statement that Muslims have to stop using the name Allah because it&#8217;s the Arabic word for &#8220;God&#8221; and they should have to use a different word.  (Trust me&#8230; it was pretty bad.)  I had history and linguistics on my side but the guy was seriously nasty to me.  John not only backed me up but unfriended the guy for his treatment of me.  John is the guy I trusted to be Daniel&#8217;s buddy last summer during VBS &#8212; he is a stand-up guy and the person I go to if I have *ANY* weaponry questions because he knows his stuff.  \ud83d\ude42  I know he&#8217;ll catch flak from some of his Facebook groups for backing me up and I appreciate it especially because of that.<\/p>\n<p>Go love up <a href=\"http:\/\/thebigwhitefarmhouse.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"Ashley\">Ashley<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thebigwhitefarmhouse.blogspot.com\/2016\/04\/five-favorites-vol20-our-top-five.html\" title=\"{five favorites} Vol.20: Our Top Five Favorites for Backyard Bird Watching\">the others<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Orthodox Celts. This is another installment of &#8220;Jen is a music snob&#8221; but I love the vocal harmonies that are reminiscent of what I hear when I&#8217;m listening to Eastern Orthodox liturgical music to fall asleep at night. 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