Haines His Way

Three!

I complained about Ann Pachett’s Run last night. Today there was a passage of pure, unmitigated joy that was totally brilliant. A young girl is given the chance to go running on a Harvard track, and she does so in a moment of exhilaration that made everything right in the world.

Some days life really sucks. Last night, I opened the new issue of Gramophone to read the obituary of my friend John Wallace, one of the great classical trumpet players. We met at Abbey Road studios in June 2001, when John McGlinn was recording Babes in Toyland. The last time I saw John was maybe around 2010 or so, when he was in New York for a Scottish event, and I was his date for something, I cannot now remember what. I think by then he was running the Scottish Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in Edinburgh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wallace_(trumpeter)

Then, just now, I logged onto Facebook to see the obituary of my friend Paul Hollenbeck, father of my goddaughter Emily, and husband of my friend Pam, wgo died in 2018. Pam and I were grad assistants in the theater dept. while Paul was finishing his degree in architecture.
https://www.inclusivefuneralcare.com/obituaries/paul-hollenbeck-2/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPskC5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeH6prwJ7Mra0gXUsSVH1JDnf3xRMflqIqKx2ChqZBIHX2Q7iWJnBikYiLuU0_aem_2Apivkvg82Bhj9AMmcNmKA#!/Obituary

I hear you. And I’m sending hugs and wishes for peace.

George, thanks for the congrats to Keith last night.

From John,

There was some drama tonight, but the regulars handled it easily.

I'm glad it was easily handled and that your temps are rising.

From DR John,

Variety says Melania will open in third place for the weekend with a projected $8.2 million debut.

 

Correct. Hack came back - they have to complete the updates on this board before all that can stop. You have NO idea how frustrating this is.

"This urshort.com page can’t be found
No webpage was found for the web address: https://urshort.com/vPqIwDA0r9
HTTP ERROR 404"

I cannot open the notes.

After waking up at 2:30 I could not get back to sleep.