Sunday, September 09, 2007

Pavarotti...

Pavarotti is dead.


The 3 Tenors... never again...


We Are The World ... Pavarotti and Friends Concert


The signature Nesse Dorma aria by Pavarotti... the bel canto golden voice of an era.

Thursday, September 06, 2007

Flowers of Yorkshire

Evocative bit of poetry from classic film 'Calendar Girls'.
By character John, written in the last stage of his life, before his death, to be read for the Women's Institute. Beautifully written, and beautifully delivered by Helen Mirren's role in the film.

The flowers of Yorkshire
Are like the women of Yorkshire.
Every stage of their growth has its own beauty,
But the last phase is always the most glorious.
Then very quickly they all go to seed.
Which makes it ironic my favourite flower
Isn’t even indigenous to the British Isles, let alone Yorkshire.
I don’t think there’s anything on this planet
That more trumpets life than the sunflower.
For me, that’s because of the reason behind its name.
Not because it looks like the sun
But because it follows the sun.
During the course of the day,
The head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky.
A satellite dish for sunshine.
Wherever light is, No matter how weak,
These flowers will find it.
And that’s such an admirable thing.
And such a lesson in life.

Sunday, September 02, 2007

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