This week's poem is by Jim Harrison, another Michigan poet who found his way here to Paradise Valley. The poem, "The Idea of Balance is to be Found in Herons and Loons," is from his collection The Shape of the Journey (Copper Canyon Press, 1998). The poem was originally found in The Theory and Practice of Rivers (1985).
The music heard in this week's episode is from a little gem from 1959 called Red in Blues Ville by Red Garland. The song, "Trouble in Mind," features Garland on piano, Sam Jones (the song's author) on bass, and Art Taylor on drums.
Listen to the episode here:
Nice! Jill and I saw Jim Harrison in Grand Rapids about a month ago. What a treat. Like Al, I'm afraid he will drink and smoke himself into the ground before his time, but we will love him while we've got him, and we'll still have him when he's gone. On another note, the Michigan DNR confirmed the longstanding rumor: there are cougars in the U.P. May we be worthy of our meat. (Wendell Berry wrote that.) Jim
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