Indeed. There's little chance I'll be going to the States while this administration is in power, despite having family there.

#Books

One reason we're doing Winnie-the-Pooh is that 2026 is the 100th anniversary year of its first publication.

Publication date: 14 October 1926

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Live version of "So Far Away":

Carole King w/ James Taylor - "So Far Away" (Carole King) (1971, BBC In Concert)
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Lou Adler, American record and film producer, was born on Dec. 13, 1933. #LouAdler

Carole King - "So Far Away" (Carole King) (1971, from the Adler-produced album "Tapestry", which won the 1972 Grammy Award for Album of the Year)
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Lou Adler, American record and film producer, was born on Dec. 13, 1933. #LouAdler

The studio recording of this was produced by Adler:

The Mamas & the Papas - "Twelve Thirty" (John Phillips) (1968, The Ed Sullivan Show)
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It's for a book club. We're doing A Bear Called Paddington in January. I'll just have to 'bear' it. 😂

Connie Francis, American singer, was born on Dec. 12, 1937 (d. 2025). #ConnieFrancis

"I'll Be Home for Christmas" (Walter Kent, lyrics by Kim Gannon, Buck Ram) (1962, The Ed Sullivan Show)
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Joe Williams, American jazz singer who sang with big bands such as the Count Basie Orchestra and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, was born on Dec. 12, 1918 (d. 1999). #JoeWilliams

Joe Williams w/ Count Basie - "Five O'Clock in the Morning" (Live TV)
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I saw some of that on her Wikipedia page before asking if it's the same P.A. I haven't paid much attention to her, despite her being Canadian! 🙂

Yeah, I know. So many disappointing people.

#Music

Pete Townshend on Petra Haden's version of the album (Boston Globe, March 13, 2005, via Wikipedia):

Is that the Pamela Anderson, Canadian actor and activist?