When one lives on a farm you either embrace nature or you spray and pollute and close the door and ignore it, like some of my neighbors. All farmers are not good stewards of the land, let me tell you. I've always been a nature kid and still am. We cloud watch, star gaze, eclipse watch of various kinds, and are mindful of our flora and fauna.
Yesterday as I looked up I saw this cloud
Yesterday as I looked up I saw this cloud
and it reminded me of an album that has been played here on several demo occasions lately, the big- in -its -day, The Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, A Feather on the breath of God, the old Hyperion chestnut by the Gothic Voices, lead sung by none other than my favorite British country waif, Emma Kirkby. It was huge in its day, sold a zillion. One can still find it on CD, and if you look hard enough, on vinyl, which is what we've been playing here.
The lp version I have is issued by Linn Selekt Records
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