A commenter wanted to know the name of an instrument that appears in this part of "Carnival of the Animals." The instrument is a xylophone.
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The word fossils reminded me of this:
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And made me smile
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And go out on my porch to see the sunshine
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And think about what I will draw next
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While thinking about the good books I have been reading recently:
1. Heidi, by Johanna Spyri.
2. Life? or Theater?, by Charlotte Salomon.
3. We Walk the Path Together: Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh & Meister Eckhart, by Brian J. Pierce, OP.
4. Last Chance Texaco: Chronicles of an American Troubador, by Rickie Lee Jones.
5. A Walking Life: Reclaiming Our Health and Our Freedom One Step at A Time, by Antonia Malchik.
6. Renegades: Born in the USA, by Barack Obama.
7. Six Nonlectures, by E. E. Cummings.
8. Stirring The Mud: On Swamps, Bogs, And Human Imagination, by Barbara Hurd.
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Remembering that I dreamed a few days ago that I saw my younger self from behind on a sunny winter day with a deep blue cloudless sky. My younger self was alone and joyful, riding a chestnut horse at a slow canter on a lightly worn path through tall grass and California oak trees. It was a loop path that created an engaging asymmetrical pattern when seen from above.
