Serendipity

[sartorias]

Riding the train is never the same twice. This particular trip, as we traversed the breathtaking scenery of the north end of the continental divide, a cellist who has traveled the world offered to play for those of us hanging out in the observation car. Though the train shook and jiggled and the northern sun poured down on his back, he played and

Comments

[queenoftheskies]

What a totally cool experience!

How long is your train ride this time?

[queenoftheskies]

Two and a half days--LA to Portland, then to Mpls.

[sartorias]

That was me--LJ keeps tossing me out.

[nineweaving]

How lovely!

Hey, you were on Puff the Magic Dragon. How self-referential is that?

Nine

[sartorias]

Maybe some but that didn't mean I had to sit there and listen to a lot of people mangle a tune I was sick of back in the fifites, when my head had been full of Bach!

[kalimac]

That would be refreshing in the middle of a long train trip. I like the cellist's tone quality, and it was great listening to his improvised riffs beginning to hit the grove in the folk jam.

[sartorias]

Watching his fingering and bow work was as lovely as the music.

[jhetley]

I would have asked for the Bach . . .

(You could have predicted that.)

[sartorias]

Hee! (I did for you. He played two!)

[oracne]

AWESOME.

[sartorias]

Thanks!