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The Hours for May 17th, 2023

May 17, 2023
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Primavera by Botticelli

Good morning. Today is May 17th, 2023. The great poet and Tendai Buddhist monk Jien was born on this day in 1155. For his great historical work, Jottings of a Fool, and the many beautiful poems he composed, the country of Japan now remembers him as one of their Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry.

May the day amply reward your patience…

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