A quiet notice V2Melody closes at midnight on , Spanish time.

Closes

A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given. The poems were already here before I arrived and began to experiment with them. They will still be here when these musical experiments, and indeed myself, have been swept away, like the sand of a mandala. Nothing has been lost.

I want a simpler end to my life, days of simple love and enjoyment with my wonderful wife of 20 years. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit that life.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

The experimental music I am making now is on my Suno profile. Those pieces stay there, and are not added to this site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

The Mandala Is Finished explains this more fully.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard


1400

Economy Technology

Introduction of Double-Entry Bookkeeping in Italy

What happened

Around 1400, Italian merchants developed double-entry bookkeeping, a revolutionary accounting method that improved financial tracking for expanding trade and consumer businesses. This system allowed for more accurate record-keeping and financial management, facilitating the growth of commerce during the Renaissance. The introduction of double-entry bookkeeping laid the groundwork for modern accounting practices and principles.

Literary impact

The introduction of double-entry bookkeeping in Italy around 1400 enabled more sophisticated commerce, celebrated in Renaissance writings. Poets like Francesco Petrarch and Giovanni Boccaccio explored themes of fortune and material success, reflecting the economic transformations of their time.

Source: Wikipedia

Poets alive in 1400

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