Link for Yascha Heiffitz playing my favorite Bach: Link
When I was in fifth grade I remember having a pen pal at school. My teacher had another classroom from Brooklyn that wrote us letters. We were each paired up with a student in that class. I don't remember the name of the kid I wrote to. I remember really clearly him asking me if I liked Run DMC and I am pretty sure I told him that I liked running and playing a lot but I didn't what what DMC was. I asked him if he liked Bach. I had a tape collection of classical music - it wasn't very big, but I played the Bach and Beethoven tapes over and over again. He had no idea what I was talking about. It made me realize that I might be a wierd kid.
I wish I could find those old letters. It would be fun to track down the boy that I wrote to see what happened with his life 30 years later. I wonder if he remembers that strange kid from Teton, ID.
I am a poor letter correspondent I am afraid - even on my mission I was sporadic about writing, but that was when I have done the best. I enjoy keeping in touch with people and it is important to me, but I don't always do what is needed to maintain those connections. One of my oldest friends is a monk now and writes me occasionally and I know he would write more if I were better at writing back. I really value connection and long term friendships, and keep trying to put down roots somewhere. At the same time though I feel a need to move to go new places and do new things and sabotage myself. Even now I feel this itch to get out of St Louis and move somewhere new.
So if you haven't heard from me in a while, know that I mean well and look forward to the next time we see each other in person. And if you want a good pen pal, you should totally write to Becca. She sends letters out every week to her friends and anyone that writes to her.
