One of the best things one can do to start the day, I find, is to play Bach for an hour. It refreshes the mind and inspires the soul and it is quite nice to have a little Bach floating around in the back of one's mind as one goes through the day. In that spirit, I am off now to play a little Bach. I'll try to put up a new post later on.
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