I'm not sure how much time I'm going to have over the holidays to post. My parents arrive tomorrow and are here until Saturday and we're all booked up with events. Should be fun. Certainly a recap will be in works next weekend.

Just wanted to wish you and yours a happy holiday. No white Christmas here. Perhaps some of you will be luckier.

Also, Dean has a tradition of making holiday CDs for friends and family. I look forward to it arriving in my little mailbox each year. Actually, last year's was hand-delivered. Whatsup with that, Dean? Shouldn't you and Deb fly out here just to bring me mine? Geez...

At any rate, Dean's running a little late this year with making CD copies so here's a way to hear the songs before the holiday. I have some extra space around here I was more than happy to oblige and he's been kind enough to allow me to share them with you. If anybody would like a burned copy you can send Dmmm your mailing address but it will be arriving a tad late. Thanks, Dean!

So, point your browser here and feel free to take a listen to Homey's Holiday 2002. Please save them to your hard drive rather than stream them since my bandwidth usage is metered. Dean intends each year's edition to be a complete work so you should download all the tracks (~80 meg) and create a playlist or burn a CD. His liner notes are also up there.

Of particular note, to me, is the beautiful sentiment of the Ron Sexsmith track, "Maybe This Christmas." That, to me, is what the holidays are about. Family, renewing ties and letting bygones go. I also highly recommend the CD of the same name. The proceeds go to Toys for Tots and it features interesting tracks from randomness favorites Coldplay, Neil Finn, Ben Folds and Bright Eyes, among others.

So... Enjoy. Be safe. Have fun. Relax.

Maybe this Christmas will mean something more
Maybe this year love will appear deeper than ever before
And maybe forgiveness will ask us to call someone we love
Someone we've lost for reasons we can't quite recall
Maybe this Christmas