During this pandemic, I have spoken with several friends who agree that music is so much more important to us now. I walk 2 hours each day listening mostly to Mahler’s 9 symphonies or anything by Arvo Part. CBC radio’s ‘Choral Concert’ has become my own personal Sunday morning eucharist. I limit my time on the book of faces, and the mostly grim, angry and bored individuals, arguing with people they don’t know about anything and blessing me with photos of what they are eating, pandemic-wise. Yes, music and music from the radio is the beacon during our Covid winter.
Speranza
Always so eloquent you are bflyguy!
Lisa
I read this out loud to you-know-who this morning as we relished a quiet, no rushing to work morning. Played the YouTube video and we both had smiles on our faces. Thank you! What a brilliant idea. I am surrounded by garden planning books and very happy to take my head out of the absolute despair it seems enmeshed in more and more these days.
Bernice Page
Thank you Sue for sharing your special memories. It is the same for me as an expat especially in January as it is Summer at home in Australia.
Speranza
I knew of course that you would understand 🙂
Catherine Morrisey
That was so lovely to read. Just what I needed to think about… yearning and remembering. I lived in the bush, no electricity, and someone loaned me a transistor radio for a couple of days. It was so thrilling to listen to music from Seattle. The reception was perfect at night.
During this pandemic, I have spoken with several friends who agree that music is so much more important to us now. I walk 2 hours each day listening mostly to Mahler’s 9 symphonies or anything by Arvo Part. CBC radio’s ‘Choral Concert’ has become my own personal Sunday morning eucharist. I limit my time on the book of faces, and the mostly grim, angry and bored individuals, arguing with people they don’t know about anything and blessing me with photos of what they are eating, pandemic-wise. Yes, music and music from the radio is the beacon during our Covid winter.
Always so eloquent you are bflyguy!
I read this out loud to you-know-who this morning as we relished a quiet, no rushing to work morning. Played the YouTube video and we both had smiles on our faces. Thank you! What a brilliant idea. I am surrounded by garden planning books and very happy to take my head out of the absolute despair it seems enmeshed in more and more these days.
Thank you Sue for sharing your special memories. It is the same for me as an expat especially in January as it is Summer at home in Australia.
I knew of course that you would understand 🙂
That was so lovely to read. Just what I needed to think about… yearning and remembering. I lived in the bush, no electricity, and someone loaned me a transistor radio for a couple of days. It was so thrilling to listen to music from Seattle. The reception was perfect at night.