missives to the massives.

it was a pretty good day after all. i lingered this morning in a bit of a fog, but the haze lifted. things turned out well. i picked up some bagels this morning for my colleagues. they devoured them, nary a one left by noon. had a couple of fairly interesting meetings this morning, and the afternoon was basically calm.

a day devoid of tension. i met with a professor i know over in the medical college. she called me her “favorite.” was she buttering me up? or did she really mean it. she’s a damn nice person at any rate. she talked of her family today, how her father is a mathematics professor and her brother a lawyer. we traded notes about teaching. such a smooth, cool day.

it’s wonderful to have one of these days once in a while. spring break isn’t too far away and the semester seems to be automatically moving forward at this point.

i sent a package to one of these old high school friends that emailed me recently. a package full of music — three wonderful mixes of all the stuff i’ve been listening to. actually they were from my mix series i did last fall called “the duality of lovers.” three mixes i sent her — love builder, seekers who are lovers, and soft as fire. 80-minutes each they shake and shimmer. i listen to them myself fairly regularly. i’ve got a new avant garde/classical mix in my mind and it’s about time i burned the thing to cd. i do love music. i saw kronos quartet again this past week and thoroughly enjoyed the concert. string quartets and pianists are extra special people in my universe.

isn’t it funny how things run together? have you ever heard that song off of the “o brother, where art thou?” soundtrack called “big rock candy mountain?” it’s a fine song. the interesting thing about it is that two of my friends led off mix cd’s with the song. a friend of mine from los angeles sent me a mix a few months ago that started with that song. and recently a friend from minnesota sent me a mix starting with the same. otherwise, beyond that song the two mixes were completely different. the fellow in l.a. is more into beats and dub, and the gal in st.paul is into folk and van morrison. life is full of these common threads, if you look for them. st.paul and los angeles are worlds apart and yet this common cultural currency binds us together. and yet in these days of mega-media and mega-corporations, one wonders if some of the variety of life is being squelched.

that’s enough for tonight. i’ve got other matters to attend to tonight. take care, my friends.