Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

74. the moon has a glow around it - sounds carry far, and a steady wind commences from the east.[i]

                   June 30 -

     A.M. - M + I to Albright School. After consulting Eliot, it is agreed that she go mornings. I left her there and went down-town on various errands.

     Sally had gone to Grant's to tell them M. could not be in, and in hopes of securing the job herself.  But they said they were not hiring any more help. I found her waiting for the bus by the Library + we talked for a few moments.

     Went by bus to the school to get M - meet Mr. Szearles outside. We chat a few moments

     Coming out Clinton, nearing Gardenville - great piles of thunderheads in the east, their rounded tops sunlit.[ii]

                   July 3 -

     The Dvorak Symphony No. 1 for Father's Day - (last Sunday).

     It is a magnificent Symphony, in the grand romantic manner of Beethoven and Schubert. In some ways, I think it is the best of all I have heard so far (1, 2 + 5) As in most of his music, there is a strong feeling of nostalgia or yearning, running thruthe whole symphony - As I listen vague longing and regret for scenes and events past, come over me. One scene evoked is a broad low valley running north and south - it is late April; the low sun sends rich yellow sunlight streaming over the land, striking