Nov. 4. Strings
She didn't stand like Isaac Stern, with his legs far apart,to play the violin - Haydn if she was choosing.She didn't have Menuhin's brilliance or the Oistrakhs'.My Great Aunt Teddy's violin was just a...
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ah yes, how we are daunted. Fascinated and cut off. God. whoever she is. Come and save us. you make me want to. and I am not she.
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that's a wonderful ending, Judy--and gets to the core of so much suffering, that persists... we can look at the mechanism of this olde "samsara", and see the fingerprints... I wonder if you might...
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I really enjoyed the portrait of Great Aunt Teddy (nickname for . . . ? Theodora?) Cute that she named the violin Fritzie. (hmmm... I have never named an accordion! Do people name instruments?
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Toni, it's short for Antoinette. Antoinette Magdalena.Alison, good idea, this thing is just so raw, and I just don't know what to do, I want to expand her family. Also, I couldn't resist bringing in...
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Lovely story, well told. I like how the personality shines through, and hearing Mozart on the lawn. Opens well with its contrasts, the soft fabric around the bow, and the smell of tobacco at the end....
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Yeah, of course you need Oistrakh et al to explain Fritzie.I can understand why the grandmother said no to a five-year-old. I wouldn't let my son near my viola, either, and now he has a large...
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Love, love, love this, Judy. It's a wonderful portrait, perfect, IMO to the quotation. We are not meant to crit here but you have asked for help. I found the first line of the quotation difficult to...
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Strings - yes - we are so tied to our families - how one is treated leads to similar treatment. This is sweet and sad.
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Toni--some people name everything! My mother did. Our polar bear rug was named Hortenz...(I know-cringe: bearskin--but we loved her. She was a gift. ) Cars started out swanky, later on came down in...
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I love Judy Swann, too. Love Magda! When my sister and I were young, we wanted to be Rachel (me) and Rebecca (her). For a while, she would only answer to Rebecca. My purple accordion would need a...
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The thrill of the music preceding the sadness of rejection creates a wonderful contrast here. Considering the high infant mortality rate until fairly recent times, I think some parents reserved part...
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well, it was a no about the zither, but teddy did go on to pick up the violin.How about Josette for the little pink one?I'm already out of ideas for tomorrow, arrgghhhh
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phaedra - meaning 'the beautiful, the bright, the shiny one' jaja for the purple one- Babette, per Daniel Lanois' song for his mother http://www.youtube.com/wa...;v=-9_UdYbzLxk&gl=US or maybe, the...
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Beautiful title and storyHow does it work? How do you play?very poignant - i can see the child on the lawn suddenly realizing it is her mother making that musicenjoyed
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