I loved the nobility and passion
of Henry V/Kenneth Branagh’s rousing speech in which he extols his men to
remember that battle on St. Crispin’s Day.
Band of Brothers…reminding
them how dear this relationship would always be. Still gives me goosebumps.
What do we hold dear? Many things throughout the stages of our
lives are dear to us. For me? I cast back to the age when I was eleven years
old and wanted a piano so much, so very much. Any piano, even a toy piano with
a measly fifteen keys.
This thought now leaps from Henry
V to piano to Mythbusters, a program for nerds and physicists,
like my family. I know, right? Bear with me here...
A recent episode recently had the
three younger ‘Busters address some question sent in by a viewer about: An exploding piano
I will tell you this. My heart broke each time they blew up a wonderful piano. NNNNOOOOOO!
I cried each time.
Each piano, the noble band of treasured and worn pianos, splintered into pieces every single time. The pianos would never know how dear they once were, how hard they endured through many practices, but they felt the music. The worn and scarred keys declared their courage.
Henry V and the band of pianos. Hard to make that leap, but I see it in my mind.
Each piano, the noble band of treasured and worn pianos, splintered into pieces every single time. The pianos would never know how dear they once were, how hard they endured through many practices, but they felt the music. The worn and scarred keys declared their courage.
Henry V and the band of pianos. Hard to make that leap, but I see it in my mind.
A huge upright grand piano was moved into
our house when I was 13. It was so heavy
that it took six strong farmers. How I treasured it. I taught myself to play being able to read music from chorus. Over the years, I was pretty good at playing hymns.
