An Eighth Shot of Espresso: Coffee and Creativity on Mum's Third Shift

The man in the bookstore took one look at me  and said "Bards know Bards."  We talked about lutes and lyres  harps and dulcimers  poetry and songs  Different traditions East and West musical scales Heroes and villains quests and adventures nobles and jesters Despite centuries  music and storytelling  still sing loud An English Medieval and Renaissance Song Book, Edited by Noah Greenberg. A Celtic harp charm on a silver chain and a blown glass charm with the image of a sixteenth note/semiquaver on a cord.

He regaled us with his tales  as the snow fell outside  the fire crackled in the hearth  as we all sat in utter delight  at the tales he spun to entertain us all. We waited with bated breath the heroes on their journey in fantastical lands of light and dark their struggle against good and bad we cheered at all their victories. A story with song and voice resonating off the walls and rafters a magical performance that is not easily forgotten and remembered fondly at every chilly night.