music clip of the day

old school

Son of Daniel, “You Sure Been Good to Me,” “God Is Able,” live, TV show (Amazing Grace), Miami

(Unfortunately the audio drops out toward the end [3:48].)

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lagniappe

random sights

this morning, Oak Park, Ill.

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reading table

New Year’s Day—
everything is in blossom!
I feel about average.

—Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), translated from Japanese by Robert Hass