{"id":8258,"date":"2015-05-12T15:18:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-12T20:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/?p=8258"},"modified":"2015-05-12T15:19:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-12T20:19:15","slug":"a-moment-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2015\/05\/12\/a-moment-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"A moment in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_5pbx userContent\">\n<p>The semester is over, the grades are submitted, the sun is shining after a beautiful heavy rain, and the trees on the streets of Burlington are in full bloom\u00a0&#8212; cherry blossoms and flowering dogwoods, magnolias and crabapples (at least those are my guesses).<\/p>\n<p>And this song lilts the afternoon as I watch the traffic outside my office window.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I saw the movie too, as a kid. And other things.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qbO2gvkTix4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here are two other versions of it.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s nice to watch them simultaneously, maybe a little out of phase with each other so the layers can build&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ogTaZdQUcUY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Mark Kozelek. There are many to whom &#8220;I&#8217;d like to say, face to face, &#8216;Thank you&#8217;,&#8221; as well. And &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry,&#8221; too.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m curious to know which video\u00a0you think works best. 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