Thanks so much! Yes, I sang all the parts throughout. Happy you’re humming it!

Count me in. I’ll post book list recommendations like this one: yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/06/book...

I learned that the Don McLean song about a “starry starry night” is about Vincent VanGogh. (And I learned a lot about chord progressions, after googling “how to write a chord progression for a bridge in a song.” Much of it was over my head, like a starry starry night.

Blue sky above, new day
dancers fall in love, children play
seagulls fly to and fro, o’er the
Gulf of Mexico

And it seems a little crazy, in fact, it’s very strange
to suddenly rewrite a map that we don’t need to change
I won’t obey a bully who tramples on what’s good
and I’ll never do his bidding, I don’t believe I should.

I always will remember that day so long ago
when first I set my eyes upon the Gulf I came to know
there’s really no good reason to change its name of old
the Gulf of Mexico is fine, no matter what we’re told.

White sand at my feet, warm breeze
soft waves keep the beat, palm trees
clouds drift on high, sinking sun,
red sky, day is done

Smaller than an ocean, bigger than a bay
shared with our good neighbors not so far away
someone once decided a name so apropos
a name that makes me happy, the Gulf of Mexico