Tom Evers

There’s probably a Venn diagram that explains it. Just use a variety of shapes to draw it ◢ ● ▇ ◆.

What clinched it for me was finding William Cleary on Facebook. His post about the debut used the same photo as the Medium article.

For those (like me) who wondered what song was his, I’m pretty sure it’s 562 – Mournful Joy (William Cleary).

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Dilemma: Amazon Canada has EarFun Air Pro 4i & 4 at almost the same price. Which has the best overall audiophile sound? Coin flip? (Replacing an Air S pair)

Congrats on the 500th review. The first pair I bought based scarbir.com were Fiil T1 Lites; still some of the best-sounding audio I've heard.

Such a groovy cover

He looks deplorable and acts deplorable. He is definitely fits in the ‘basket of deplorables’ Hillary warned the nation about years ago.

As long as the skeleton appears to be beating time within the Frame of Modesty, it isn’t gauche.

It’s a really good song and wonderful now that more folks can lead and sing it. It was also one of the first ‘new’ songs I’ve lead. And so far it’s been called seven times at the 2025 book singings we’ve been to!

Millbrook, by Northern Harmony from the album Emerald Stream (1992)

And also Northern Harmony (Village Harmony) did Millbrook too. northernharmony.bandcamp.com/track/millbr...

Millbrook, Neely Bruce, 1989, Hamm Harmony, by Tim Eriksen from the album Northampton Harmony - The Hookes' Regular Sing

Millbrook is a banger!
Gotta give a shoutout to Shenandoah Harmony for having it first.
And looks like Northampton Harmony did it before that:
timeriksen.bandcamp.com/track/millbr...

How does a Trump voter watch what is going on and still support his policy on this?
Everyone has the phone number of their representative and can make their opinion known.

Debut Singing from The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition - Sacred Harp Publishing Company More than 700 singers from across the United States and beyond helped launch The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition at the United Sacred Harp Musical Association in Atlanta, Georgia, September 12–14, 2025. Thi...

Link to the big debut singing audio with new and old songs added to the 2025 edition of The Sacred Harp (the best collection of shape-note hymns, revival choruses, plain and fuging tunes, odes, and anthems ever offered the singing public)
sacredharp.com/museum/debut...

New Songs in the Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition - YouTube Recorded at The Sacred Harp: 2025 Edition Debut Singing at the 120th Session of the United Sacred Harp Musical Association, September 13, 2025, Atlanta, Geor...

And… the new songs from the debut singing are on YouTube now, too. So we get to enjoy them even more. youtube.com/playlist?lis...

You can tell we’re singing a new song because our heads are down sight reading the music for the first time on one of the songs added to the new 2025 edition of the Sacred Harp. It was an amazing day to experience those new songs with all those voices that day.

This is a well put-together intro to shape notes and the Sacred Harp, from history to the current communities. And done with a light hearted touch too! (And less than an hour.)
Bookmarking to share with folks that are interested.

The heck with politics, that sounds like an epic day when visiting NYC. Do you have a travel tips blog?

Green Sacred Harp songbook with LOANER T.O. stamped on the page edges.

Your stamping looks great.

I cut a block stamp for the Toronto group’s loaners. A little more utilitarian, but I matched the typeface.

On our drives to southern singings this summer and fall, we noticed there were fewer Bucky’s billboards and the messages were tamer.
You may be on to something.

I’m still pissed.
Somehow balls thrown in the same spot since then aren’t strikes.

Maybe that’s why that afternoon session is such a workout usually.

The Ford government has announced plans to shred a bunch of tenant protections: news.ontario.ca/assets/files... (pdf, see p. 13-15)

A blooming fuscia plant in a hanging basket in front a wooden fence.

Last Fall this was discarded on a sidewalk in Toronto. I tried to figure out how to overwinter it. Looks like it made it. I want to bring it in again with as little mess as possible—we have cats. Our basement doesn’t get cold but I could make a spot near a window. Any more tips besides your article?

Not sure that was technically “broadcast”.
However those wishing still wising to keep the airwaves clean could still report the FAN590 Jays Talk show for broadcasting this interview (they did sort of apologize for ‘live radio’ right afterwards). bsky.app/profile/blue...

A brown tabby cat sits dozing on a grey fabric cat box. Behind him is a window with bushes outside.

This chonky prince is a little too tired to look.

Happy #caturday from Tinker and his fuzzy paws.

To clarify, everyone at the convention was singing, chatting & eating together (and exchanging hugs).

In contrast the most diverse gatherings I’m in are Toronto transit system subway cars and busses, with people from all over the world. But the only thing we do together there is co-exist (usually).

The convention the most congenial and communal gathering of a disparate variety of folks as I remember attending.

2+2=5 is how elections get rigged

Local Singing Groups - Shape Note Singings Schedule Filter and search websites of local singing groups throughout the world. Get involved in a local shape note singing near you!

If you’re looking for local Sacred Harp and other shape-note book singings, they’re probably listed here: shapenotesingings.com/local-singin...

🎂 Happy Birthday to B.F. White, a big Sacred Harp ◢ ● ▇ ◆ composer:
Ortonville, Beach Spring, The Morning Trumpet, Holy City, Chambers, Family Circle, The Lone Pilgrim, Loving Jesus, Send a Blessing, Help Me to Sing, The Happy Sailor, The Rock That Is Higher than I, The Hill of Zion, and more…

The original Sacred Harp book came out in 1844 and has had waves of popularity over the centuries. Hopefully the release of the 2025 revision is a sign the tide is rolling back in. The first printing sold out in the first weekend.