Lacking anything substantial to write about, deciding to resort to a clip job, casting about for something to post. I found a clip of Renee Fleming performing Leonard Bernstein's A Simple Song, which led me to Dawn Upshaw singing some Rodgers and Hart. which led me to something else, then something else, which led to...
Oh crap. There's clips posted of the 1990 memorial service for Jim Henson. Any one of these conjures such overpowering memories, mostly of my mom, that I can't help but cry uncontrollably. No way to process all my thoughts right now, or manage this sudden, unexpected rush of grief. Instead, I'll let Big Bird speak for me: