Continuing the documentation of Catherine Street, a customary route to/from work …
Along the way to/from the workplace …
Today, the temperature climbs again after two or three days of slight respite:
Probably just about everybody knows by now that Aretha Franklin — the “Queen of Soul” — passed away earlier today. While I posted some notes and links on my music blog a few hours ago, I find myself continuing to remember her music and my associated experiences (and listening continually throughout the day). One of my most vivid memories was while traveling, circa 1968, in a carload of fellow GAO employees and hearing the then-new release of “Think” and how I insisted that the conversation cease and that the radio volume be turned up and how that demand was met with eye-rolls by some of my colleagues and enthusiastic encouragement by others. And that has led me to recall the interplay of music and culture and Government service during that era (perhaps to be the subject of a future bit of posted reflection). But, in the meantime, here is “Think”: