Today In Canterbury

I was in Canterbury today for a coffee shop visit and a charity shop. I found some nice bargains in the charity shop, including a CD of Dory Previn of er two albums "Mythical Kings and Iguanas" and "Reflections In A Mud Puddle".



Plus these books -



Some nice finds methinks.

Poem of The Week

This Is A Photograph Of Me

Poem by Margaret Atwood

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This Is A Photograph Of Me - Poem by Margaret Atwood

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It was taken some time ago
At first it seems to be
a smeared
print: blurred lines and grey flecks
blended with the paper;

then, as you scan
it, you can see something in the left-hand corner
a thing that is like a branch: part of a tree
(balsam or spruce) emerging
and, to the right, halfway up
what ought to be a gentle
slope, a small frame house.

In the background there is a lake,
and beyond that, some low hills.

(The photograph was taken
the day after I drowned.

I am in the lake, in the center
of the picture, just under the surface.

It is difficult to say where
precisely, or to say
how large or how small I am:
the effect of water
on light is a distortion.

but if you look long enough
eventually
you will see me.)


Margaret Atwood

Faure - Requiem

Some classical music for now , and for some reason, this is been in my head for awhile.

Gabriel Faure's Requiem Op. 48

King's College Choir, Cambridge
New Philharmonia Orchestra
John Carol Case (baritone)
Robert Chilcott (treble)
Sir David Willcocks conducting

Recorded in 1967 and still hard to beat.

I. Introit et Kyrie
II. Offertoire
III. Sanctus
IV. Pie Jesu
V. Agnus Dei et Lux aeterna
VI. Libera me
VII. In Paradisum