Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Norman MacCaig, Summer Farm.
"Straws like tame lightnings lie about the grass
And hang zigzag on hedges..."
From the show:
Figurehead of the Sirius in Hull Maritime Museum, andAround the World in 80 Days
Phil May's groundbreaking cartoons
Heaven in Ordinary, Malcolm Doney's Something Understood
Music to wake up to – Spring, from the Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite, by Paul Reade
(Listen to the full playlist on YouTube)
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Have a lovely day.
