the international country music conference was cool. where else are you going to get a complete and precise taxonomy of yodels? or hear the truth about that amazing brother duo, kierkegaard and bill monroe? i took emma to the grand old opry, where whispering bill anderson did a version of "god bless america again" which invcluded a trademark recitation, this one on 9.11. it got a standing ovation, as flags billowed on the jumbotron. em's reaction? (she studies performance art at nyu):
i don't know how to incorporate this into my reality." gonna have to, though.