Enga mellom fjella

Sung on the radio

Sung on the radio

On the first of December, the Sapphires peeked dreamlike through fog, lay quiet as clouds broke free from the weakened autumn sunshine. Upon moonrise, Jupiter and Venus mingled with the old cold crescent in the southwestern sky, glistening over the mountain passes that listened.

What of that Big Blue Ball, they mused.

Earth, a wasteland of dampness, a myth enveloped in white wisps of vapor, did not answer. Why, they pondered, this increase in chatter after millennia of silence? And all-of-a-sudden, what are those twinkles of light that banish the night. Why are those pitiful projectiles aimed at us, mere frostbites we ignore. What more can possibly be taking place down there beyond the eternal struggle of indigo and cream? What seems to be the matter? By all the stars of night we gather and whisper... what? why?

Above the Sapphires the three old friends conspire while far beyond their hearing cowboys rock the cradle and sing their lullabies. And in the empty pastures of Montana, the cattle softly low.

Sweet Baby James,
sung on the radio;
the moon listens in.

© 2008 Kåre Enga [165.364GZ] 2008-12-01

"Sweet Baby James" sung by James Taylor was on my mind, as it is every 1st of December (It's my brother Kevin's birthday.) Tonight was the conjunction of Moon, Jupiter, Venus. The Sapphires are the lumpy mountains at the east edge of this valley. The music came on when I finished.

James Taylor from 1970: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mhfAO0aYMg
A much more 'mature' J.T.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EoNd_maBbY

ME:

Music evokes nostalgia or rakes across my scars. "Diamonds and Rust" does both:

Joan Baez in 1975: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGMHSbcd_qI
Loflof's 2007 cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFjD4K89MOc

I'm not sure who Loflof is but his voice is well suited to this song and he adds his own poignant ending. He's from Germany.

Other than music plucking my strings, I'm doing okay. Have food in the house. Had pork loin at the Sr. Ctr. today. Caught up with friends I hadn't seen in a week. Finished reading Midnight. Nice twist at the end. Coffee at Zootown after straightening out Social Security and my bank account. No problems ... just inconveniences brought about by moving.

It's been mild here. Record high of 55º in Anaconda today. That all ends tomorrow as winter definitely arrives this week.

Montana: 31º at 21:00.

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