I know everyone listens to music on their phones now. But I am old school & listen to my zune. It was supposed to be the rival to the iPod another relic long gone.

I have great music it on it & it never drains the battery on my phone or make it hard to call. It fits in any pocket & it’s light. If the world crumbles my phone is dead I’ll still have music. A comforting thought. 

My music is eclectic, a little inxs, Slumdog millionaire, coldplay, James, aha some techno beats like chemical brothers, massive attack, Crystal method. In case I want to cross train when it’s not an ice sheet outside.

I am not impressed with streaming services, if you get to your favorite song & you’re running errands you miss it. Lame. Hence, I’ll stick to old school for now. 

The snow sparkled as it fell Christmas eve. Quiet & beautiful. As we walked back into town there was no cars just quiet snow decorating.

A few days before it looked like we wouldn’t get a white Christmas just a wet & muddy one. Then the snow showed up dancing in the air turning everything white. 

We ate herring, cured salmon & cured lamb. A beautiful winter feast. The kind that stays with you for days. What a great ending to 2016. Now in with the new, peaking around the corner waiting to come out. 

I’ve been thinking about what I wrote yesterday & wanted to add some good things about globalization. The AIDS epidemic in Africa has slowed due to big pharma used their medication for good.

Medications are easier to obtain globally if you need them. We have doctors without borders that travel the globe using their medical training where it’s most needed. 

The flip side thanks to air travel is that our world has shrunk considerably since the 80’s & even earlier. We now have WiFi on planes & in our homes. The landline has become a relic giving us Skype. 

More companies are doing 1% for the environment; thanks to it being started by one of my favorite global companies Patagonia. In my beloved Seattle I could get my favorite Scandinavian & German treats in less than a day. 

There are pluses to globalization as much as there’s the bad. Next time you shop, think before you buy because the $$$ you spend may not stay in your community but cross oceans.