Before we begin tonight, I’d like to thank all those who sent my wife and I best wishes for our 18th anniversary yesterday.
I ran across a very old public notice in The New York Times that I’d like to share with you. “To my lovely wife, M. Thank you for 50 wonderful years of married life together–except for the argument we had in 1935 in which you were obviously wrong. Love, husband M. B.”
I thought you might get a smile from that…
Here is a list of things I’d like you to listen for during tonight’s radio show. If you tune in, you’ll understand why. It’s just some of the things I want to stir your senses with. Some of these images you can readily imagine. The questions will need to be answered by listening closely tonight.
“..birds fall silent in the woods.” A cricket hanging upside down. A cricket heard through the din of a busy New York street. Bread that comes “…from a wheat field blown by the wind.” The first robin you ever remember seeing. A hot spring as opposed to a cold running stream. A simple maple leaf. What scared the mice in the story? ”..a forest in which there is a graceful clearing, and in that opening a house, an orchard and garden, comfortable shades and flowers-red and yellow in the sun…” Being lost in the woods. “A tangled orchard where dark damsons drop in the heavy grass…” What were the flowers dreaming? What came down to the sea late in a magical night? Whose fur reflected the morning sun, turning it “..into a ball of red-orange fire”? Pounding waves and surf before a storm. Who was out at the end of a rock jetty being whipped by the wind and rain, and felt exhilarated by it all?
If anything, I hope the show tonight gets you to clear your mind and use all your senses while walking out beyond your front door.
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Don Jackson
