"And Spring arose on the garden fair,
 Like the Spirit of Love felt everywhere..."
 - Percy Bysshe Shelley

"Spring is when life’s alive in everything."
 - Christina Rossetti

Spring Sonnet

"The contemplation of beauty causes to soul to grow wings"
- Plato

Contemplation

I never met my paternal grandfather.  He died from a brain tumor at the age of 57, before I was born.  My father never talked about it, but my mother did.  In recounting my grandfather's illness and the family history she knew, she told me that when my grandfather was very young, he and his friends would go play in a number of nearby orange groves. Those groves were beautiful, spacious, and the oranges were free for the taking. Unfortunately, they were also heavily sprayed with pesticides during that time period. My mother believed that my grandfather's exposure to those pesticides most likely played a role in the cancer that took his life many years later.  At the time of his death, there was little attention paid to the notion that pesticide exposure could impact one’s health and longevity, so there was no discussion of the matter when he became ill.

I have often thought about his life, as well as my mother's words. While we'll never completely know what happened, we'll remember my grandfather and this chapter in his story.  There are lessons to be learned from it, as well as similar stories from others.  Our environment should not be harmful to health but should protect it.

This improvised composition was written to remember my grandfather's story.

The Orange Grove

A Sunday morning piano improvisation about starting over. 😊 Wishing a wonderful day to everyone listening.

"As the day ends...put your worries to rest. Tomorrow is another day, filled with hope, potential and promise." - Sue Krebs

Another Day

“Butterflies are nature's angels. They remind us what a gift it is to be alive.” 
- Robyn Nola

Chasing Butterflies

"How great it is to live under a sky that is repainted every day by the greatest artist." - Unknown

Painting the Sky

A little musical meditation inspired from Psalm 147:4: "He counts the stars and He calls them all by name."  Wishing everyone a peaceful night under the stars.

A companion piece to "Painting the Sky."

All the Stars

"Your way was through the sea, your path through the great waters, yet your footprints were unseen." - Psalm 77:19

Through the Waters

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