Thursday, 13 February 2025

Thursday 13th February - I would have preferred to be wrong

 I had a feeling I would find it difficult to sleep much last night. I was right...

Luckily I don't have anything much that needs doing this week. More youtube... watching snippets of The Crown (which we didn't watch when it was on television) and Sharpe (which we did watch all those years ago).

Plus reading up on stitches for embroidering along the edges on our Cover Sory patches in a few month's time;

Pictures from Internet 

Some of those designs do look a leetle bit too intricate for me.

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I'm hoping for a better night's sleep tonight. I had contacted the Lung Disease clinic and they confirmed it's OK for me to take paracetamol (I take a cocktail of weird and wonderful meds so I daren't take anything else without checking first). I took the first lot this afternoon and it has made a huge difference. Phew! For what I've just received I am truly grateful. 

Listening to Paul Gambucci's quiz show, Counterpoint, on BBCsounds usually sends me to sleep in ten minutes,  so one episode lasts me several nights (sorry, Paul). So I'm full of hope for tonight. 

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Sanctus 

From The Armed Man, by Karl Jenkins. 




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10 comments:

  1. Elizabethd13 February 2025 at 19:03

    What did you think of The Armed Man? It was one of my husband's favourite pieces of music even though it was very different to his usual classical tastes.

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  2. Elizabethd13 February 2025 at 19:04

    PS I should have added that the Benedictus was the piece he loved.

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    1. KirstenM13 February 2025 at 19:19

      My father liked it too. I don't know it very well so I need to revisit it.
      Benedictus features on the BBCsounds program 'Soul Music' with some very moving stories about how it came to be composed.

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  3. Angela14 February 2025 at 07:31

    I love the Armed Man. There was a brilliant radio programme ["the smash hit of 1453"] about the ancient French tune which was the basis for Jenkins piece. Unfortunately it's not on the BBC sounds archive [although I have heard it broadcast twice]

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    1. KirstenM14 February 2025 at 07:34

      I'm going to raid my father's cd collection!

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    2. KirstenM14 February 2025 at 07:41

      The tune is l'homme armeé

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27homme_arm%C3%A9

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  4. jabblog14 February 2025 at 10:16

    The Armed Man is glorious!
    Wishing you a better night's sleep.

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    1. KirstenM14 February 2025 at 11:56

      A bit of sun this morning, and better night last night has made such a difference!

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  5. Lyssa Medana15 February 2025 at 20:41

    Karl Jenkins' Sanctus always gives me chills.

    I hope that you feel better soon. Did you know that there are audio books on YouTube? I sometimes dip in and find them incredibly relaxing.

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    1. KirstenM15 February 2025 at 20:50

      Audiobooks on YouTube! I never thought to look. Thank you
      The KJ sanctus sounds so fierce to me at the beginning... heaven fighting evil with holiness?

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