Memoir, makes use of the Scottish folk song, Baron O’ Brackley and is scored for choir, baritone soloist, organ, and piano. The poetic treatment here was created by the composer. The work was composed in honor of Dr. Nowell Donovan as he began his first academic year (2004) as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Texas Christian University. It was inspired by a reading given by Dr. Donovan at the inauguration ceremonies for Chancellor Victor Boschini. The passage, taken from the diary of natural scientist John Playfair, describes an awesome scene of geological evolution as recreated through the words of Playfair’s teacher. Inspired teaching and the miracles intrinsic in the earth itself are lifted up as cause for wonder.