Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Theo Dorgan, The Promised Garden.
"There is a garden where our hearts converse,
At ease beside clear water, dreaming..."
From the show:
Akenfield: Portrait of an English Village by Ronald Blythe – also a wonderful film
Jerry Lordan, who wrote Wonderful Land for The Shadows, was born today in 1934
Celebrate Walpurgisnight with Cunning Folk
Music to wake up to – Summer Is Icumen In sung by the Oxford Girls' Choir
(Listen to the full playlist on YouTube)
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Have a lovely day.
