Miscellanea

This is a bit of a follow-up to some of my previous posts:

Concerning the host of organizations seeking donations, all the tougher for them in this sinking economy, the website published by Charity Navigator describes the organization:

Charity Navigator, America's premier independent charity evaluator, works to advance a more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by evaluating the financial health of over 5,300 of America's largest charities.

It's a good resource for those who, now more than ever, want to make every dollar count while desperately trying to not reduce their philanthropy. I appreciated this section (it's user-friendly and makes sense) at the website: Charity Navigator - Giving Calculator.

Concerning the very appreciated post of In the Garden sung by Lydia Pangburn, I left a message for her at YouTube letting her know how much we all love her voice. Today her mother sent a comment from Costa Rica that is a warm greeting! You can read it in the comments following the post.

Finally, my post about the opening of the Woodstock Museum generated a sparkling email exchange between Francessa and me, in which we exchanged our favorite songs from Woodstock. We used this as our guide and memory jogger.

I so appreciate my remarkable blogging friends. Reading your artistic and soulful blogs has added texture and dimension to my life!

Make the most of your weekend. You know it's going to fly by...

In the Garden - sung by Lydia Pangburn

In the Garden was my mother's favorite hymn. It held deep personal meaning for her, and, now that she is gone, I feel close to her when I hear it. So I sought a video clip of In the Garden to use here to close out my series of garden-themed blog posts...and found this one by a young girl named Lydia!

Our shared name is not my reason for featuring her version of the song. I could have given you Elvis, or Loretta Lynn, a man named Jack Marti, several gospel groups, or a teenage boy known as nickalo8 doing a quite respectable imitation of Brad Paisley singing this song. But I chose sweet Lydia Pangburn's earnest and pure a capella interpretation because I know in my heart it is the one that would have brought tears to my mother's eyes.