There’s a song that has come up on a playlist we listen to that always makes us stop whatever we’re doing to all say o! this song! What is that!? It’s La Llorona, by Ángela Aguilar. Her voice and phrasing—the cries of lament that are so clear—it feels like it’s piercing my heart every time I hear it. And I knew why when my son told me the story—he’s learned it in his Spanish classes (I regrettably do not speak Spanish).
Yeats speaking with his old storyteller friend, Paddy Flynn:
"I asked him had he ever seen the faeries, and got the reply, "Am I not annoyed with them?" I asked too if he had ever seen the banshee. "I have seen it," he said, "down there by the water, batting the river with its hands."
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler). The Celtic Twilight
Lastly, something to hang your hope on, this opinion written by a minister in Great Falls, MT.
Ah, "Ghost in the Throat", almost forgot, thanks for the reminder - will ordered it now.
La Llorona such a gorgeous ballad, thank you for the clip.
You also sent me searching for this poem to share with you (sorry about the ads). https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-banshee/
Yeats speaking with his old storyteller friend, Paddy Flynn:
"I asked him had he ever seen the faeries, and got the reply, "Am I not annoyed with them?" I asked too if he had ever seen the banshee. "I have seen it," he said, "down there by the water, batting the river with its hands."
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler). The Celtic Twilight
Lastly, something to hang your hope on, this opinion written by a minister in Great Falls, MT.
https://dailymontanan.com/2023/03/06/drag-is-prophetic-and-thats-why-they-want-to-ban-it/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=2d551c96-8263-456a-b24f-f4862f76cab3
Oh, one more last thing, I so appreciate your work on this newsletter, reading it is always a highlight. Thank you