A few nights ago, I wrangled control of the TV remote(s) while The Husband was out of the room, and loaded up a documentary about the Shakers. The Shakers in America were an off-shoot of the Quakers and aspired to the same simple lifestyle, with one addition: they were celibate. By the time this film was made, there were only a few Shakers left - like, maybe, four or five, all women, all of whom were orphaned as children and were adopted by the Shaker community.
I was working on a cross-stitch project while this documentary was running, and so I heard more than I saw. One thing I heard was "Tis the gift to be simple...." And that song has run in my brain ever since.
I've loved that tune ever since I first heard it as a kid.
Today, I picked it out on the mandolin.
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