The first thing I remember after my colonoscopy was a nurse asking me if I preferred Lorna Doones or Fig Newtons, two brands from my childhood that I never imagined were still available. I mulled the two over long enough for her to say, “I’ll bring you both.” And they were both delicious.
Thinking of Peggi’s father and mine, who were born ten years and two days apart in early March. Both were early risers, and this week provides daylight at 6 AM. We’ll spring forward on Sunday. Before the upcoming “False Spring” 70-degree weekend, we woke up in a crystal palace with ice clinging to every branch. It sounds like it is raining now, but it’s only the ice on the trees melting and dripping on our metal roof.
We visited Pete up at the Highland Hotel and learned this bit of local trivia. Alec Wilder wrote “I’ll Be Around” for Marian McPartland in the Sheridan Hotel on 111 East Avenue. Peggi plays the song on piano. It was first recorded by Rochester-born Cab Calloway in 1942. Here’s Marian’s version.
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