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Thanksgiving
All in all, a good Thanksgiving. On the way to Teri's brother's place for dinner, I started reading The Story of Doctor Dolittle; our library turned out to have an edition with the original, uncensored text.
I was amazed at how much Sebastian loved it. Teri's working all day tomorrow, so it's just him and me, and he suggested that we read it during the day. I'm so glad!
While I'm at it...I had the radio on while I was taking a shower this morning, tuned to an NPR station that plays classical music during the day. They played Beethoven's Ninth. My father played classical music all the time when I was a kid, so I developed an appreciation for it, plus a decent ear at recognizing composers. While I detected what I considered to be a few flaws in the performance, nonetheless the Ninth once again filled me with strong, almost rapturous emotion. And that reminded me that although I've shared many wonderful things with Sebastian, including as many as possible of the best things that I remember from my own childhood, I haven't been able to share much classical music with him. In that regard, he will probably be poorer than me.
I'd like to find some way to do something about that. But I don't think Teri would put up with it. It would have to be frequently on in the background, because if we made it a once-in-a-while thing, like taking medicine, Sebastian almost certainly wouldn't take to it. But as far as I know Teri really isn't into classical music.
I was amazed at how much Sebastian loved it. Teri's working all day tomorrow, so it's just him and me, and he suggested that we read it during the day. I'm so glad!
While I'm at it...I had the radio on while I was taking a shower this morning, tuned to an NPR station that plays classical music during the day. They played Beethoven's Ninth. My father played classical music all the time when I was a kid, so I developed an appreciation for it, plus a decent ear at recognizing composers. While I detected what I considered to be a few flaws in the performance, nonetheless the Ninth once again filled me with strong, almost rapturous emotion. And that reminded me that although I've shared many wonderful things with Sebastian, including as many as possible of the best things that I remember from my own childhood, I haven't been able to share much classical music with him. In that regard, he will probably be poorer than me.
I'd like to find some way to do something about that. But I don't think Teri would put up with it. It would have to be frequently on in the background, because if we made it a once-in-a-while thing, like taking medicine, Sebastian almost certainly wouldn't take to it. But as far as I know Teri really isn't into classical music.
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