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Summer Solstice on Father's Day KDFC FM plays classical music requests on Father's Day. It's Summer Solstice— I wake up to Massenet's Thäis: Meditation. She dedicates Pathétique to her Dad who smiled when she played this tune. When her Mom died, Dad played both roles— they were truly Butterfly Lovers. Two requests for Dads named Daniel— play Danny Boy— "pipes calling from glen to glen". I'd ask them to play Zipoli's Ascension for Dad would've love it. I recall Goethe's Italian Journey entry 222 years ago— "So my life is happy because I am about my father's business." And what business is that?— the wonder of creation— "Let there be Light!" Thus Christos was born on Winter Solstice for he's the "Bringer of Light". If Winter Solstice is the Seed of Light, Summer Solstice is the Fruit. So let's celebrate and enjoy the ripened fruit— this fullness of Light. — Peter Y. Chou Mountain View, 6-21-2009 |