Out now: Praise and Blame, an album of Gospel music by Tom Jones! The Wall Street Journal (OK, so it's not Billboard or Rolling Stone) gave it a big thumbs-up.

When I closed my eyes so I would not see

My Lord did trouble me

When I let things stand that should not be

My Lord did trouble me

When I held my head too high too proud

My Lord did trouble me

When I raised my voice too little too loud

My Lord did trouble me

My Lord will trouble me

In the whisper of the wind, in the rhythm of a song

My Lord will trouble me

To keep me on the path where I belong

My Lord will trouble me

Time for the Funny Farm!

There's an autumnal nip in the air already. So inspired by this, here is a shot of the derelict Roosevelt Island lunatic asylum from a Fall a few years ago. That's what happens if the lunatics take over the asylum, I suppose...

Posting Along

People rarely write comments on my blog, nor do I particularly mind. But one post from the last few months has received an overwhelming 22 comments, for some reason. Most of the comments are spam! I have no idea why — so I'm posting the same image and original title, to see if it attracts the same avalanche of spamments.

Snowmageddon!