A somewhat frequent description of ordinary life on the edge of the Washington DC cityscape and political-scape from the perspective of someone who's only recently flown in.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
The Song Remains the Same
The single most spectacular rock and roll piece ever recorded: Neil Young and Pearl Jam singing Rockin in the Free World at the the 1993 Grammy Awards. I saw it live (over TV feed) and still think so!
I was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, along the banks of the Susquehanna River, in the valley made up by Bald Eagle Mountain to the south, and gentle hills and valleys to the north. That place that sheltered me, gave me food and friends, and both physical and spiritual nourishment for 18 years. That is the space where I was physically and emotionally formed. Ever since growing up there . . . because of growing up there . . . I have been inexorably linked to nature . . . to the earth and to all life.