You ask why I make my home in the mountain forest

and I smile and am silent

and even my soul remains quiet

it lives in the other world which no one owns

Peach trees blossom

water flows

Li Bai Trans Sam Hamill

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Soon a new year is beginning. The old year shuffles off covered in shame.

May we continue to gain solace from the world of nature

May your family be safe

And may books and music add joy in these dark times

The Gerts

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