We all have an imp in us.

Tuesday morning, wet but not actually raining, dark-ish, and very much post-wind-blown.  We had strong winds and rain last night, lashing the house in what must have been the gale range. [Aside: if you want a fascinating book to add to your reading list, I heartily recommend, Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale, and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science into Poetry by Scott Huler). The evidence was everywhere on the drive in, and most of the side streets were blanketed with finely mulched leaves, something like a damp and decomposed carpet.  It was a sudden, fierce, and short-lived whirlwind of disruption and noise.  An imp of wind, bursting in and tossing everything around with joyous disregard, then flying off on small quick feet. I dragged a couple of large fallen boughs out of the campus parking lot when I got here––tantrum clean-up.

This morning's music was certainly eclectic, and seemed to feature (mostly) less-favorite tracks from albums.  Nothing I dislike, but just stuff that wouldn't be my first choice from most of these albums.  Koan, from the ever-enjoyable Guggenheim Grotto, certainly lives up to its name with Zen-paradox lyrics like:

Who has more beauty, finch or black jackdaw? 

Who is more precious, fleece or red tiger claw? 

Does joy or sorrow lie closer to god? 

Do angels and devils deal from one deck of cards? 

Funny story behind I Never Will Marry and why it is in my collection:  I certainly grew up listening to Dolly and Linda, but probably wouldn't have sought them out for my own music collection, given all the other choices out there.  Early in the history of legal digital music, though, we had good friends over and went on a fishing expedition to see if we could find various old tunes from everyone's past.  You know the way it works: "Oh! What about......?"  This was one of those downloads.  A couple years later, when our daughter married and we used an iPod with a carefully crafted selection of music to drive the reception/dinner background soundtrack I slipped this tune into the mix just to see if anyone noticed.  Fortunately (and correctly), the music was absolutely background and not the center of focus. If anyone did catch the tune and wonder about it's unlikely position in this event's soundtrack, nobody said anything.  We all have an imp in us, I guess.

The full odd playlist for this morning:

 - Embrace: Spell It Out

 - Van Morrison: Evening in June

 - The Guggenheim Grotto: Koan

 - Mew: An Envoy to the Open Fields

 - Linda Ronstadt with Dolly Parton: I Never Will Marry

 - Matthias Lupri Group: Saucey