And an old monk came to me and asked in a kind voice if I was hungry.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

I still remember in my dreams at night the beautiful face of that old monk.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

The song was written by the jazz great Thelonious Monk.

VOA: special.2009.12.18

I had never seen a real live monk before.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

They came back and said, 'Sure,that sounds like a good idea, but could you train a monk to bake while you are here?'

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

His personal favorites were albums by Miles Davis,Dave Brubeck, Count Basie and Thelonious Monk.

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

He retired more than a decade ago to become a Buddhist monk but the Japanese government brought him out of retirement to bring JAL out of bankruptcy.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

through the '40s and '50s with Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk;

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

"When I found a medieval abbey in France that said they had been baking for 1300 years, but had lost the last monk who knew how to bake bread, I volunteered to come over and bake some bread for them.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16