Tuesday, February 10, 2009

So I planted primroses, because spring is coming...




...And there they are, yesterday morning, poking through SNOW. It melted as soon as the sun came out, but still.

Today the weather has veered between rain, snow in places, and a mist over the lake that might be fog, rain, snow or just very low clouds.

It's good weather to stay in. I've done minutes for a meeting last night, written a press release for the upcoming orchestra concert, and made a poster to print out. All that's left is the concert program.

Back to The Tale of Genji, my current retreat from modern life. 11th century Japanese princes spent a lot of time dressing in beautiful clothes and visiting compliant (and some not-so-compliant) ladies, according to the first few chapters of Murasaki Shikibu's book (she lived at court, and wrote about what she knew.)

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