Happy Holidays

Grafitti-poster in SoHo, NYC

Merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, as well as Happy Hanukkah and Happy Kwanzaa, and to those who do not, Happy Holidays and Seasons' Greetings!

For a little holiday music infusion, here's a favoricious playlist by the one and only Mr. EJ Flavors, starting with none other than Donny Hathaway singing "This Christmas" (you can't go wrong with that!).

For a little holiday art, here's a rare New York Times treat: original fiction, by one of the finer practitioners of the short-short/microfiction/prose poetic forms: Lydia Davis. She begins: "I Know we’re supposed to be happy on this day. How odd that is. Usually I’m just nervous — probably because I’m supposed to be happy. I think about other years." Read the rest at the link!