Grace, Elijah, and Music

This is an edited copy of an email I sent to Greg Morris three weeks ago (scroll down if you follow the link. It's actually a very nice picture of Greg, but he needs to update the info, as he is now a certified Actor, too).  I've been meaning to put a copy of this email, or something like it, up for, well, three weeks. It feels out-of-date already. I'm trying hard to be happy that it is going up at all, as opposed to the fact that it's going up three weeks late, and two months after my last post.
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A million stories to pass on about Elijah, Grace, and music. Grace and Elijah listened to Neil Young for the first time (Saturday, I think)- After the Gold Rush (who believes Nils Lofgren was just 17? Good Lord.). We listened to it two or three times. Today, as soon as the opening piano chords of  "Til the Morning Comes" started, Elijah asked, "Til the Morning Comes?"

 

They are also enjoying Exile on Main Street, particularly "Tumblin' Dice." That, too, was a recent introduction, after a steady diet of R&B and Soul. We listened to Exile in the car, and E&G requested it when we were inside. We were about to head out to the park, so I said, "Be sure to remind me to bring it in from the car when we get home from the park." Two hours later, Grace fell asleep in the stroller on our way home. When I parked the stroller at the foot of the stairs to carry Elijah and Grace up, Grace opened her eyes and, with heavy lids and a sleepy voice, said, "Bring in Rolling Stones from the car?"