Kyra Moon

And did those feet in ancient time Walk on New England's mountains green And was the holy Lamb of God On New England's pleasant pastures seen? And did the Countenance Divine Shine forth upon our clouded hills? And was Jerusalem builded here Among these dark Satanic mills? Bring me my Bow of burning gold: Bring me my arrows of desire: Bring me my spear, O clouds unfold! Bring me my Chariot of fire! I will not cease from Mental Fight! Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand: Till we have built Jerusalem In New England's green and pleasant Land. Based on "Jerusalem," by William Blake

We are pretty excited around here about a new hymnbook. For years I've had a dream of having a hymn in the hymnbook, and now it's an actual possibility! There are lots of lovely songs out there that I hope make it in, too. And then there are some that . . . even though they were published by the church, I don't think they'd quite fit. Like this one: The song really has a good message -- my body has been naturally waking up really early lately, and the only good thing about it is hearing the lovely warblings of the birds -- but the title is a little intense. Actually, way intense. I actually think Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins might be a nicer song to put in a new children's songbook, to be honest. I do wonder if any BB-gun enthusiasts were ever deterred when they sang about the birds' plumage. Or maybe this was more of a song for their moms.

Jim was casually looking through his lesson book to find something to practice when I saw Yankee Doodle. "Jim, how about you try this song? Here, I'll play it for you!" After I played it, I said, "It's a good one to learn right now because the 4th of July is coming up." He looked at me quizzically. "Why would we sing about Barney for that?"

He starts off slow, that's for sure. Oh, there might be some 65 degree days in February, and you might see a forsythia starting to bloom, but then He decides to remind you it's winter right until the last day of March. And then, just in case you were getting overconfident, He gives you sno-cone trees instead of popcorn trees. April 2nd April 2nd But it's April, so snow like that is short-lived. So He opens up His celestial version of MS Paint and chooses the airbrush to start greenifying the land. Oops. Must have right-clicked to get the white spray paint instead of the green. April 6th is Mormon Christmas, after all. After a few false starts and ctrl-z's, we're back to ground one. Gray and brown branches, with a few green stragglers that survived the winter. April 12 April 12 April 13 -- He's started a slight green misting of the branches in back! April 20 April 20 April 24 April 24  Occasionally