Wonder Valley

This is a piece I wrote for the “Outside the Box” composition competition in the Harvard Music Department. It did not win, but here it is for your listening pleasure! It uses the text from Siegfried Sassoon’s poem “Invocation”, posted below. Thanks and congrats to Madison Greer ‘13 and Amy Tai ‘13 for doing a great job with it!

Invocation

Come down from heaven to meet me when my breath
Chokes, and through drumming shafts of stifling death
I stumble toward escape, to find the door
Opening on morn where I may breathe once more
Clear cock-crow airs across some valley dim
With whispering trees. While dawn along the rim
Of night’s horizon flows in lakes of fire,
Come down from heaven’s bright hill, my song’s desire.

Belov’d and faithful, teach my soul to wake
In glades deep-ranked with flowers that gleam and shake
And flock your paths with wonder. In your gaze
Show me the vanquished vigil of my days.
Mute in that golden silence hung with green,
Come down from heaven and bring me in your eyes
Remembrance of all beauty that has been,
And stillness from the pools of Paradise.

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For more information contact:
Bobbie Smith, Realtor
(831) 566-1024
Bobbie@BobbieSmith.org
www.bobbiesmith.org

Winding up the drive to this 36 acre preserved sanctuary, what a Gorgeous location. The main house is approximately 1700 square feet. Look at this generous familyroom, fireplace with woodburning stove, pasture views and new floors, Wide hallway, Large Master bedroom with plenty of light and more views of the trees, Remodeled bathroom with new tile all around and new window. A large Family sized kitchen, can accommodate gatherings of any size, again with views of the trees from every window. Off the Kitchen at the back of the house is a bath and mudroom with sink and enough area for a desk, artist easel, or reading area.

The 2nd unit is above the garage boasting 870 square feet of space, two bedroom, one bath, Full
Kitchen, dining area and livingroom. The two car garage with new doors has a shop area to the rear/back, The barn for storage, tack room, or tools.

Wonder through the meadows, under the redwoods and feel the calm serenity of this environment, nature at its best, see the seasons change with mountains and trees all around you. This is what the locals call the beauty of Happy Valley!

Ideally situated between Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley on the corner of Granite Creek and Branciforte
Road. Close proximity of Happy Valley School, ideal weather and the beautiful natural surroundings,
make 35 Granite Creek Road the ideal tranquail place to be. You have to come see this very wonderful
multi-family residence.

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Cicely Tyson narrates this powerful film that tells the story of African American migration from the rural south to the prosperous north during the World War II years and beyond. www.upfromthebottoms.com It features Dick Gregory and Dr. Ben Wilson who give a national perspective on this story that was repeated all across the country. The stories are touching, thoughtful and often funny as told by fifteen residents of Muskegon, Michigan. Sponsored by Grand Valley State University, the Michigan Humanities Council an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Community Foundation for Muskegon. With help from Alcoa Howmet, JTM Associates, Brighter Futures, Harris Hospitality, Institute for Healing Racism, Muskegon Chronicle and Lakeshore Museum Center.

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Ben Vaughn’s 9th Ever Wonder Festival in Twenty-nine Palms last January featured this down-homey-blues and country family band, The Sibleys.

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