happy bday johnny M

no less than four times this morning i've been reminded that Today is the 400th birthday of John Milton, the Puritan literary giant who wrote Paradise Lost.

i have the audio on my ipod and have listened (months ago) to the first 10 seconds... and i was lost

So maybe during commute today i'll turn off what has been happening:
sports talk am 1230
cell phone
carols of the nativity by cambridge singers, cond.John Rutter

and listen to the of what most critics would agree is the greatest poem in the English language

(Also... this is one great thing about promise of new heavens and new earth... the BEST of our art will be there and be enjoyed! )