> As far as what music I want played at my funeral, that's a good thread.
Well.... I think it's a bit much for most to contemplate. My own burial instructions indicate that I'd like "Simple Gifts" to be played. That's all I've specified in writing. (Oddly enough, when I went to sign my will, Copland's "Appalachain Spring" was playing on the radio in the lawyer's office. It uses the melody of Simple Gifts as one of its themes. Pretty spooky, eh?) Sally Barker's "Another Train" and Cindy Kallet's "Tide and the River Rising" are also good choices for me. Oddly enough, no Joni. Although I love her music, none of it is 'homespun' enough for my funeral. There's probably some Cheryl Wheeler and maybe some Nanci Griffith that would be appropriate too... Mostly, I guess I'd like to have the sounds of chickadees, white throated sparrows, cardinals, red-winged blackbirds, and finches. These are the sounds that make me happiest in the world. Even if I couldn't have music, if I couldn't have birds (yes, I know a lot of you complained about birds in a recent thread) I'd go mad. I even have a collection of CDs with music intertwined with birds singing. lots of love Anne NP: some chipping sparrows at the feeder
