Today, as most days are, was a beautiful day. It doesn’t have to be sunny, or warm, or special, it was just beautiful.
I was alive when I woke up, that’s always a good start.
I ate breakfast, hung out some washing, fed the cat, washed the dishes, had a (please pardon the expression; it is crude, but adequately describes nearly every morning, and dates from army days) shit, shave, shower, and shampoo. I went for a walk. Talked to the trees, to spiders, to dogs and cats, and to a couple of humans.
I returned home, had a coffee, and started to read the blogs that I follow. Now, I follow far fewer blogs than (supposedly) follow me. I do, however, attempt to read every single post of every single person that I follow. I like every one of these, but choose fewer to comment on. It is very time consuming, but I enjoy it, and that, surely, is what life is all about!
On one of my regular reads, Ann Koplow’s The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally, Ann’s post was entitled It’s a Beautiful Day. It was, as all of her posts are, very positive. I shall leave you to explore her blog, if you so wish, but that is not my main purpose here.
Ann included a most exquisite piece of music by Tohpati (featuring Moonlight Project), and she commented that ‘It’s a beautiful day to share “It’s a Beautiful Day”, also that It’s a beautiful day when I find out about an Indonesian jazz guitarist and songwriter whose “most significant influence came from Pat Metheny.’
Do you know what, she was absolutely right. (and if you listen to the very end you will also discover that the musicians had a beautiful day too)
I do like Ann’s posts too … and thanks for the beautiful music Peter…
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Tohpati sounds a lot like Earl Klugh here. Very nice!
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Loved the music! Thanks for sharing.
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My pleasure John.
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What beautiful music to go with this beautiful day!
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Isn’t it just. Now I have a new artist to discover more about!
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Woo hoo!
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beautiful music to sprinkle into the start of a day
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Thank you Ananda.
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That sounds like it was a very good day!
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It was indeed!
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Well, that was a lovely start to the day. Thanks!
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I hope it continued to be lovely!
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🙂
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OH, it IS a beautiful day and all of this just made it even more beautiful!
Thank you, Peter!
Thank you, Ann! 🙂
(((HUGS))) 🙂
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I was happy to share the beauty!
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Thank you for this beautiful post, Peter! You made my day. ❤
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A little in return Ann for all of your beautiful and encouraging posts.
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You made another day beautiful for me !
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Thank you. I shall check that out!
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I hope it’s “a place” you can enjoy. Smalls has a storied history in Greenwich Village. Hopefully, it can survive the pandemic.
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“I was alive when I woke up, that’s always a good start.” Made me chuckle. The music is great. Very interesting composition.
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Always a bonus. First exercise of the day – lifting eyelids!
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What a very HAPPY, joyous song and video! Smiling so big! Thank You, Peter!!! I will definitely check out Ann’s blog! Cheers!!! 🙂
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Glad you liked it Katy.
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😊
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Beautiful day, beautiful music!
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Beautiful life!
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Loved the music! And love that you talk to all the creatures. So do I!
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Everybody should. The world would be so much better for it!
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No kidding… !
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Musicians always have a beautiful day. 🙂
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Yes, but they don’t always have such a self satisfied giggle!
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Sometimes they just sigh and say today was a good day 🙂
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I’ll take a note of that – B#
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Lovely.
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Absolutely beautiful, thanks Peter.
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Ann is very beautiful.
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“I was alive when I woke up, that’s always a good start.”
That’s always a helpful start to any day!
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A beautiful piece of music! I’ve never visited Ann’s blog. I’ll have to check it out. 😊
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Lovely, Peter.
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