And it begins!

Today is my LAST day of "work" in the Army! I officially begin clearing the base and the Army tomorrow, and it feels awesome. We have two weekends left, and we'll fly on wednesday, 13 May, out of Frankfurt. I passed my comprehensive final exams with distinction-thank you to those who were praying for me last wednesday--and I'm all set to start my PhD study in the fall. Looking forward to seeing everyone (well, whoever's at Mom and Dad's when we get there) in a couple weeks before we start house-hunting in Carbondale!

The Musical Superlative.

Palestrina wrote some of the best music in the Western Tradition. After hearing his work, my favorite instrument has changed to the human voice. This man must have had a vision of beatitude or something. Never have I ever heard such fabulous music, such pure, marvelous music. Listen to it! We sing it in Chorus at St. John's.

Sicut Cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus.

As the deer panteth for the water, so my soul longeth for Thee, O Lord.

Good talk

Lately I keep wandering over to this site for good tidbits, and today I heard a lively talk by Evelyn Glennie about listening to music with your whole body that I thought my musicophilic family might enjoy. Speaking of musicophilia, this is a great read.