She knows the dance that burns her best

[sovay]

I had an awful day, so when I was done with work I walked to the Somerville Library and sat in the second-floor stacks for half an hour and read Bill Condon's screenplay for Kinsey (2004). Then I came home and made coconut-milk rice pudding with cinnamon and pandan and listened to Davy Graham's "Angi," which I realized I had never heard in the original, only the (very good) Bert Jansch cover I grew up with. I love how much he can get his guitar to sound like a harmonica. The vacation of this weekend is definitely over. I'm not good at self-care on my own time; it feels like cheating. At least there are cats.

P.S. And spatch just found me a semi-local production of Sholem Asch's God of Vengeance (גאָט פֿון נקמה‎, 1907), which I missed seeing six years ago in New York despite a wonderful staged reading, so I guess I have to make it back to Providence next month.

Comments

[asakiyume]

I'm sorry you had a rotten day. I like the way you recovered from it.

[sovay]

I like the way you recovered from it.

Thank you. It's difficult to do things that I know I will enjoy and it annoys me that it's difficult. I'm working on it.

[gwynnega]

I'm sorry you had a lousy day. That rice pudding sounds like a good antidote, as do the cats.

[sovay]

That rice pudding sounds like a good antidote, as do the cats.

There is a lot of rice pudding left over. There are only two cats, but they are not shy.

Thank you.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, well, I hope today is much better! <3

[sovay]

Aw, well, I hope today is much better!

Thank you!

[shewhomust]

'Anji', in all her spellings, was the tune everyone who picked up a guitar at that time wanted to play. Had you never heard the Paul Simon version?

Guitar music always smoothes out the kinks from my day - I'm glad it worked for you!

[sovay]

Had you never heard the Paul Simon version?

I must have, because it's on Sounds of Silence and I definitely grew up with that album, but I associated it first and foremost with Bert Jansch. I know we didn't have the Davy Graham EP in the house.

Guitar music always smoothes out the kinks from my day - I'm glad it worked for you!

Thank you.

[umadoshi]

*hugs* I'm glad you had good things in the evening, and I hope today is much better.

[sovay]

I'm glad you had good things in the evening, and I hope today is much better.

Thank you.

*hugs*

[vandrendehare]

Be Well.

**hugs**

[sovay]

Be Well.

Thank you. You, too.

*hugs*

[jesse_the_k]

Mmmmm. Coconut-milk rice pudding can soothe the most battered heart. Davy Graham is certainly soothing mine. As well as David Coe's comment on that YT link
On a very bleak Tuesday morning in the 1980's, I had the misfortune to be in a very large queue waiting to sign on the dole in the Camden Job Centre. Not a fun moment. But then like in a strange dream a man walked in wearing all white carrying a lute. He proceeded to play some absolutely beautiful music , like an angel dropped out of the sky. It was Davey Graham and he played for about 20 minutes and then left. It was an amazing thing to see/hear. Cheers Davey whatever realm you are now in.

[sovay]

Coconut-milk rice pudding can soothe the most battered heart. Davy Graham is certainly soothing mine.

I'm glad. I had more rice pudding tonight. It still did its job.

As well as David Coe's comment on that YT link

That's wonderful! I hadn't seen it.