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Tonight, we'll be reading the opening to Sea and Sardinia, a travel book by the English

writer D.H. Lawrence. It describes a brief excursion undertaken in January,

1921, by Lawrence and his wife from Sicily to the interior of Sardinia. Despite the brevity of his visit,

Lawrence distills an essence of the island and its people that is still recognizable today. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes.

relax your body into the softness of your bed. Now, take a few deep breaths.

One, as far as Palermo, comes over one an absolute necessity to move, and what is more to move in some particular direction. A double

necessity then to get on the move and to know whither. Why can't one sit still? Here in

Sicily it's so pleasant. The sunny Ionian sea, the changing jewel of Calabria, like a fire opal, moved in the light,

Italy and the panorama of Christmas clouds,

night with the dog star laying a long luminous gleam

across the sea, as if baying at us.

Orion marching above.

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