7-11-2013
I made this recording the night that we arrived in Washington State for GranMarie’s memorial service. It had been a really long day of traveling, but I needed a way to calm down from the stress of the day. This was a baby grand piano that she and my grandfather, PapaJim, bought when my dad and his three siblings were growing up. My grandmother was a professional organist and piano teacher, and she used to play in the evenings at home if she wasn’t too worn out from the work of her days.
They had it re-voiced many years later, and it is a beautiful instrument to play. This particular improvisation turned into “Over the Rainbow.” I was thinking about her soul, and wondering where it is now – has she dissolved and become a part of everything? Is she still herself? Did she believe in God?