I recently returned from one of those glorious, soul-nourishing visits with friends at a rustic Maine lake retreat.
And with this glorious, loving soul still ringing through the house, climb into bed and pray that Santa will maybe get just one thing right this year.
Cruelly funny, while remaining poignant, is the scene where Cissy grips Helena in a bear hug, sincerely believing the friends to have reached a glorious oneness of soul.
For me, it was a tremendously joyous time, as I was thrilled to feel that I was experiencing this glorious event with soul and mind.
Later that month, Williams made her powerful presence felt at AmericanaFest, with early appearances at Jim Lauderdale's showcase and the glorious Rock My Soul show taped for PBS at the Downtown Presbyterian Church.
The track, called "Ryderz", might possibly be a 'bit much' for some, but for others the sizzler may well represent the most glorious explosion of soul-via-trap ever to grace the airwaves.
They're the type of people that try to tell us that everyone has some good in them, that if we look deep enough, we can see how glorious every freaking soul is, and that at the end of the day, we all deserve kisses and ice creams just for existing.
Dr Parnassus is engaged in a deadly duel with the devil (Tom Waits): Parnassus wants to claim souls for glorious, imaginative freedom – Satan wants to chain them to banality and dullness.
For those who (like myself, at an impressionable age) obsessed over every detail in the 11-part mini-series of the Waugh book back in 1981, "Brideshead" was a fascinating tour of a dream England, full of beautiful, tortured souls in glorious houses.
Serenity, albeit chaotic at times, was a glorious gathering of beautiful souls, magnetic minds and inspiring art.
