Monday, June 7th

by musicclipoftheday

timeless

Why not begin the week with something beautiful?

Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), Fitzwilliam Virginal Book: Pavana No. 292 in A minor; Jean Rondeau (16th century virginal [compact harpsichord]), published 6/4/21

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lagniappe

random sights

yesterday, outside Chicago (Dean Nature Sanctuary, Oak Brook)

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reading table

Only now I know
that power—greater than storms—
a heart-rending awe
silencing all the pines
at nightfall on the mountain.

—Emperor Fushima (1265-1317), translated from the Japanese by Sam Hamill (The Poetry of Zen, 2004)