kt refuses to write her blog any more. that sucks. however, it makes me feel like less of a copycat/jerkstore/dipshit for writing in list format. in any case:

1. page's funeral

...was everything it should have been. it was full of music because she was full of music. still, it was one of the hardest events i've ever attended. i feel pretty strange, complaining that it was hard for me, when her sons, her husband, her brothers and her mother attended too--but that's the way it is. i guess if that's a hard thing for me, my life is pretty blessed?

i wish i could memorialize her better, but i'm reduced to little snippets of images whenever i try. but here are a few, anyway. her huge contralto; the way she always said 'alleluia, alleluia' at the end of a service with real joy; the way she used to look at me from the pulpit and wink; the inevitable, inimitable 'hey, woman!' every time she saw me...there are so many more, but those really jumped to mind. page was such a fabulous woman, and so beloved. and you could tell. the funeral filled the church and overflowed to the basement, where there was a monitor. my father wrote that page was called to heaven to entertain the host. which is so true.

2. That Fucking Letter

realistic; neutral-to-positive.

3. this insipid article about george w. bush's recent comments on the patriotism of senate democrats. clearly, they were (a) false and (b) totally cynical. it worries me that so many politicians out there don't even believe in truth any more. i mean, clearly no one in this administration worries about anything other than saving their rich, corporate-whore asses from scandal and electoral embarrassment. bah humbug.