Tuesday, December 25, 2007

A Christmas Poem


Another Christmas

Hanging the lights on the tree
my home smells like Christmas
the pine branches loaded with
ornaments filled with memories

Seems like it was Christmas
just a while ago but no,
a year has passed and here
I am decorating the manger.

Few figures are left after
all these years
perhaps the most important ones
are left, the angel, the sacred family
and a little lamb...

I turn off the lights and look
at the lighted tree
it shines, it looks nice
and I smile..

Another Christmas
presents, family and joy
grandchildren to tell
the story of the wise men
and the little star...

Copyright 2007Sonia Paz Baron-Vine

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Happy Holidays!!

Dear Friends, I wanted to send all of you my best wishes for a wonderful time with family and friends. And a great 2008. A big hug Sonia Paz and family Click here: http://badaboo.free.fr/merryxmas.swf

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Christmas Party

Hello everyone,

I just got home from a Christmas party at my friend Jan Potter.
Our Women's Community Center got together and we all brought food, there were about 14 of us, between old and new members, mostly women only two husbands.
I drove with Jennifer and her husband, a lovely couple, both attorneys and under 40.
we are both part of the board of directors and we presented the old members with diplomas of gratitude and a potted plant.
Jan's home is located on a hill, with great views of the city lights, it remained me of my old home. She decorated the garden and the home so pretty, with lights everywhere and inside she had a table decorated with miniature homes, a little town over a white snow like setting all aglow. Beautiful.
We all brought food, and she made a delicious soup, she is famous at Christmas with her soup, she feeds the fire department and they love it.
After we ate, we played "The White Elephant Game" each of us brings a wrapped present, and each chooses a number, number one open a present and then number two opens her, if she likes it she keeps it, if not she takes number one, it is all good fun and by the time number fourteen chooses, the gifts have change hands several times.
I was number three and got a barometer, very pretty, my friend Angie took it, I got a mystery book, then eventually I ended up with a tree decoration. Angie lost the barometer to Sue who is sending it to her niece in Norway!!!
We had a lot of fun and I spent time with Jennifer sharing Russian words, as they are going to Moscow to adopt a two year old boy in several weeks from now.
I just got home, it is cold outside, 40 degrees and I am in bed.
I have a great virtual x mass card I will send you all, but I will mail it next Sunday.
Until next time , a hug from this side of the planet.
Sonia Paz

Thursday, December 13, 2007

Pachi y Pablo




Dear Friends,

After many hours of hard work and ( a major migraine by the end of the day)
I have created two new web pages dedicated to my old Chilean musical duo "Pachi y Pablo"
I wanted to leave something behind in cyber space of my singing years.
We only recorded one little 45 with two songs.
One of them "Que Maravilla" ( How Marvelous) hit the first place on Chilean musical rankings, staying for 16 weeks as a number two.
( it gave me a gold record)
We were very young, Pablo was 21 and I was 20, he was in the
Music school and I was in the Drama school, both at the University of Chile.
The Chilean public loved our fresh clean cut looks, they enjoyed that we sang in many languages ( Pablo was the son of the Chilean Ambassador to France, and I was the daughter of the Air Force Attachee to the Chilean Embassy in Rome) so he had perfect French accent and I did great in Italian songs
We had plenty in common, were very good friends, and pretended on stage to have a crush on each other..lol

the fans loved it.
And so for two wonderful years we were the toast of the town, with fan club and all.
Looking back now, we were very lucky to be young and talented at the right time and in the right place.
Here are the links to the new blogs, please leave me comments, so I know what boo boos to correct if any.

xoxoxo
Sonia Paz


http://www.myspace.com/pachiypablo
http://www.elblogdepachiypablo.blogspot.com/

http://deletras.cl/music/Pachi+Y+Pablo/_/Que+Maravilla

Monday, December 10, 2007

I have added a video

Hello my friends,

I have added a video from an Argentinean comedy group called "Les Luthiers"
They have been around for 30 years or so. South Americans love them, very formal in their tuxedos, with funny home made instruments, they have incredible talent, their voices and music is great. But what they sing about is the fun part.
I hope you enjoy them, there is a English translations to go along with it.
Please scroll down my blog page.

Sonia Paz

Thursday, December 6, 2007