Tuesday, June 17, 2025

This week, other path and belt.

1. It's Palestrina week on Radio 3, and I'm very much showing up for hours and hours and hours of polyphony.

2. Through the trees, a glimpse of the mauve orchid spires among the grass on the other path.

3. I find the wide belt I have been looking for all day. I put it on. It isn't comfortable.

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