Spring break started with a bang and ended with a fizz. Last Friday night I drove down to Atlanta with Asha Garretson, Rebekah Meador, and Stephane Stewart - the resulting conversation with this unlikely group of four people (which shall likely never be grouped together again) was good. Went to a rehearsal. Went to a reception. Had nice chicken and some champagne (not a bad way to start break.) Anyway, Mark and Beth Bogardus Higgins are married, and it was nice.
That night I went to see Camille Saint-Saens' "Organ" Symphony played by the Atlanta Symphony. I honestly pity everyone in the world who is not completely swept off their feet by this amazing work. I have loved it ever since I can remember - my dad put speakers into our ceilings even when we were really poor, and I would listen enraptured. Hearing it live for the first time made me cry in public for the duration of the piece. I was bowled over.
So back to Chattanooga for a week of cleaning and stripping floors with Rod Jackson, alternating with hours of working on my SIP (that's where the Wolterstorff comes in), not a very restful break, but it was nice and fizzy at the end 'cause I went and stayed with Emily and we drank nice things and watched nice movies.
The word "nice" used to mean "loose." Hmmmm.
And it was a damn fine weekend, too, B. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Posted by: Shaw at 03.16.04 10:09awful word, nice
--Christopher Lee
I LOOOOOOOVE that symphony!!!! One of the few pieces I can still have an "aesthetic experience" with.
Posted by: Jeannette at 03.16.04 10:54