I'm grateful to see the arrival of a new month, as May was possibly the most non-stop month I've ever known. As I ran from one thing to the next, I found myself wondering if I should just shut down these Simple Moodlings entirely, as I so rarely find the time to sit at my computer unless I have to type something up for work-related activities.
But something in me keeps coming back to Socrates' saying, "the unexamined life is not worth living," and all the moments that I've examined from my life in this space. I've been telling myself that I should just make more time for my journal, but truthfully, I'm not the best at regular journaling about what's going on in my life either. (I fell three weeks behind, and it's hard to remember last week's events, never mind those of May 6th!)
I'm under no illusion about the value of these moodlings -- they add nothing to an already clogged internet universe, and other people write about things important to me so much better than I ever will. Regardless, I feel an impulse to share... things that delight me, or challenge me, or cause me to pause in wonder, which, if you recall, is my word of the year for 2026. Lots of wonder has been happening in the last five months, though very little has been moodled here. I can't say that will change, but these moodlings will continue to appear when time and impulse allow.
What's funny is that today's Monday Music Appreciation is a replay in so many ways. I looked back through my moodlings and found that Ennio Morricone's Nella Fantasia has made two other appearances sung by two excellent singers, but this time, I'm going to the Maestro, himself, and no lyrics this time. Just the beauty of Gabriel's Oboe, which is how the melody was known from the movie soundtrack of The Mission, before it was given Italian lyrics and title.
Something this gorgeous needs no words, don't you agree?
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