Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, December 14, 1961

Dec. 14, (Thurs.) –
About 2 or 3 inches of snow – alternate sunlight and clouds, a brisk wind from the S.W. a delightful early winter day.
Mid A.M. – Sally called – she has been Christmas shopping every morning this week – Everything was OK she said.
Working in the studio some on drawings. Made a few corrections on the “May 9, 1917” drawing (Circus Parade) but did not mount it. Worked on the “November” studies I had mounted.
After lunch we went food shopping – then home.
Evening Belle called to say Joe had had a slight heart attack, but was again “up and around.”
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The recording of Virgil Thomson’s “Plow that Broke the Plains” and “The River” arrived about noon. I played it during our lunch, and again at bed-time — We liked it on the first hearing; but it is only on the second hearing that its real beauty begins to show. At first one notices the use of hymns and folks [sic] songs and fails to grasp the real meat of the music.

Charles E. Burchfield, December 14, 1961