How Can I Keep from Singing?

I'm a lucky guy, in lots of ways. But one way of which I am conscious is the ability to make music and sing with people. The last week is a case in point. After our Irish band, Celtic Knot, played a full slate of gigs around St. Patrick's Day (one story from this is on the New Cybrary), I had four nights which included two rehearsals for a folk music gig with friends Doug Wheeler and Barbara Hoffman, a rehearsal for singing Beethoven's Ninth as part of a community choir and then the gig with Doug & Barbara at the Brewed Awakenings coffeehouse. Lucky, lucky to have friends who want to play and sing and a community offering opportunities.

Music is tied up with my spirituality in ways I am still exploring and seeking to understand. Certainly it points to connections with other people and with stories, and a fundamental way of looking at the world, involving beauty, creativity, melody, rhythm and harmony. At a later time, I'll write something particularly about singing the Beethoven, which is a new realm of experience.

Right now, I'm trying to get my backpack guitar and some music ready to take to Transylvania, where some of our pilgrims will share music & I hope I can learn some songs.