09/11
Sunday, September 11, 2011 @ 12:08 PM
Last night we had the great privilege of hearing the cellist Bernard Gregor-Smith playing in Ferreirola, quietly seated in the window balcony of the Alexande Music School. He played Schubert, Bach and other pieces, just with piano accompaniment...the moon came up over the mountain while the clouds turned pink with the setting sun...my friend Angelika brought wine to share...then we all went off to a jolly good supper at El Mirador in Pitres: lamb kebabs,chicken tagines and excellent company.
Today is 09/11. I suppose we will all take a moment to remember where we were and how events unfolded. I hope we also remember how many people from the Middle East have perished in the last 100 years (since the end of the Great War in fact) in equally horrible and shocking ways, at the hands of the West as well as their own countrymen. Human nature can be inspiring and creative; it can also be greedy, corrupt and cruel.
But competition drives the human race forward and of course it's the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand (pull your socks up England!) and Murray faces Nadal in New York (vamos Andy! vamos Raffa!)...I'm exhausted from so much physical activity and might have to rest on the terrace between matches!!
