While he spent most of the day spaced out, I spent much of it tuned in to New York’s classical radio station, WQXR, which (on Bill McGlaughlin‘s Exploring Music, emanating from Chicago’s wonderful WFMT) played a familiar, delicate and somewhat march-like Scarlatti selection that might work well as accompaniment for my son’s and his fiancée’s walk down the aisle at the end of August. (Classically challenged, they asked me for suggestions, or I’d never interfere, of course!) I’ll have to let them audition it for themselves.
While two couples who are my good friends each welcomed new grandchildren into the world just a few days ago, I’ll be welcoming MY baby’s first steps tomorrow (I hope). Of course I’ve had some experience with this kind of thing before—my mother’s hip replacement:
I can only hope my husband will be able to walk down the aisle on the happy day without any additional hardware other than his new body part (which may make future walks down the airport-security aisle more challenging).
Meanwhile, many thanks to CultureGrrl Donors 48, 49 and 50, from Boston, Ann Arbor and Bethesda, who have cheered me up considerably—especially my repeat contributor, who comforted me for having had to pay a fee to attend my own award ceremony: He confided that when he won a prestigious designation from a foreign government, he was required to purchase his own medal!