Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

struggle, will be but an unpleasant memory, eventually it will have no more emotional significance to our descendents [sic] than the Napoleonic wars have for us. But the Beethoven 5th and the Sibelius 5th, will continue to grow in power and significance. June 6 (Thurs.); 4:15 P.M. – a dazzlingly brilliant sun high in the hot blue western sky bringing out with painful intensity the harsh acrid yellow greens of the new verdure – the air clean and bright, a slight breeze from the northeast. ; From the house the busy sounds of the girls practicing their Mendelssohn concerto – emphasizing the stillness of the late spring afternoon. I am filled with contentment, for the moment. ; It would be interesting if a record could in some manner be measured of all the stray thoughts one has in the course of the day – it is impossible to record them, for the mere attempt would stop the stream – and it would be ghastly to have an automatic, unselective method of recording them, for most of us would not care to have our basic lapses perpetrated.On May 29 – a trip to Canada, with all the children – a coolish day but enjoyable. We followed much the same course as on our previous trip, except that we stopped short of Toronto and went back to Hamilton.