August 21, 2009
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Michel recommended this music and I really enjoyed it. The piece is the Poet and Peasant Overture by Franz von Suppe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_aM_s0R1U
I had referred to Michel (Fauquet) as a gardener with the heart of a poet and that reminded him of this music. He extrapolated "peasant" from my use of "gardener" which made me think about the implications of both words.
In America, the term peasant has some derogatory connotation, while gardener means a more gentlemanly pursuit. We city folks like to imagine ourselves somehow superior to the country bumpkins who grow our food, assuming that it is a menial task that requires little skill or intelligence. Well, any gentleman gardener will be happy to explain that it may not be rocket science, but believe you me, to get a healthy crop it takes a whole lot more than luck. I've been bumping along for three years now and each year I'm faced with new challenges and each year I learn a little more about how much I have to learn. It's thoroughly humbling to discover that country bumpkins are WAY smarter than I am.
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Wow. Impressive new look. Thanks for the morning music. It goes great with the menial peasant task of ironing. Who knows why some days you're perfectly content to wear clothes directly from the dryer and other times you wouldn't think of hanging them in the closet without a thorough scorching into presentability.
Love the whiskers!
Thought of you yesterday, met a group of 15 or so bikers from California.
They were riding back from the north shore headed for St.Paul and then home.
Older then me even, you know ancient
@babs430 - I've never experienced that urge to iron you speak of.
@ElevenStones - We overheard a younger guy (in his forties) telling a group of other riders that the RutRiders were a bunch of geriatric posers one time when we were out on one of our favorite trails. Naturally, we were obliged to teach them all a lesson for their disrespect by showing them our dust. Gotta watch out for us old guys (and gals), we're bad to the bone.
Do you have some good mountain bike trails in your neck of the woods? Have bike, will travel.
RYC: it's used in SHREK. different version though.
oh and about your post ...
yes, yes. gardening - nice. Ha! just dont have much to say about it other than i suppose my veggies came from one. go to sleep judy!
@curtainsopen - Shrek? Seriously? The movie I'm thinking about was of a darker nature than Shrek. Evidently, the only thing memorable about it was the music.
It's only 10:12 here and you're not the boss of me so I don't have to go to sleep now.
@judyrutrider - The hills along the north shore bike trail are supposed to be challenging but one of your fellow Californians gave it a pffffft rating.
Still with our hills you get forest, critters, raging rivers, light houses, waterfalls and Lake Superior.
Oh yeah, there's a 10 mile city trail in the Mississippi town of Hastings that has brutal hills.
@ElevenStones - They're just elitist snobs. Everyone likes to think their own trails are the most gonzo abusive. I've been to the UP and it's just gorgeous.
My aunt stopped when she saw my pathetic looking face while she was removing the smaller corn cobs so the healthy ones can grow to be big and juicy. But it's ok, I finished the task yesterday. She knows best, afterall she's been growing vegetables all her life.
@leblue7 - It is painful to thin the crop to ensure nice big produce at maturity. I wish I had an aunt of infinite gardening wisdom to help me. I'm at my wit's end as to how to deal with my spider mites.
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