Grandma would have been 97 today

Grandma died on 2012 February 16.  She would have been 97 years old today.  Ever since she lost her sight in 2011, her spirits were down.  I miss her indeed and cherish the last time I saw her in the summer of 2007.  I did listen to Beethoven's Opus 109 (and Opus 111) today with Pollini at lunch time.  I will end the day with Murray Perahia playing Brahms Opus 118, Nr 2.  God bless you Grandma.

September

September has past and it was a month of health ailments, yet beautiful weather.  It was also the month I gave up on being an active trader on my BMO account.  After steering into some hopefully sound companies, I will just sit and wait for a turn around.  The brief success of December 2010 is a long distant memory.  With this lingering illness, I also pulled up Max Lucado's Being Money Smart and went over it's Bible passages.  I think all of these happenings in September will hopefully bring a new October (although the malady persists).  Since I have time to myself, I listened to Lucia Popp singing Richard Strauss' Four Last Songs.  The 3rd one, "Going to Sleep" is my favorite. These are the last fruits of Strauss' life.  How lucky he left them for us.  I don't listen to vocal music very much, but hearing these songs on Rick Philip's Sound Advice drew me to them..  Many years ago, I heard a performance of these songs with the Calgary Philharmonic.  Amen.