Saturday, January 23, 2010

Chopin's Ballade No. 4 in F Minor

Normally I quote words!  But this piece is so moving to me today, I want to quote it here w/out much comment.  There's one particular melody-fragment in the middle that touches me w/ its exquisite tenderness.
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God bless Chopin!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Tarrying Tips

"Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow."
~ Mark Twain

"The really efficient laborer will be found not to crowd his day with work, but will saunter to his task surrounded by a wide halo of ease and leisure."
~ Henry David Thoreau

"The future will be better tomorrow."
~ Dan Quayle