Pondering how to live well
Poem
First Fig
My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—
It gives a lovely light!
Edna St Vincent Millay
Listen
Read by Olivier Holmey
Music
I Had A Farm In Africa
John Barry
Image
The Dance Lesson, Edgar Degas
Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington