Seein’ the DMV: Birthday Concertizing and Baseball–September 2024
Two Concerts As I debated the title for this blog post, I realized that this was the first time in a while that birthday concertizing did not mean I was the performer. I miss performing, but the time had come, as it does for all, sooner or later. Anyway, I originally had lots of activity planned for my birthday week. I wasn’t feeling well and so decided to reevaluate the plan. Some things I was able to reschedule without any difficulty. One–a lecture featuring Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson on her newly released book, Lovely One–was such a difficult ticket to get that I had no trouble finding someone to take it. That left two concerts. I’m also grateful that my sister, who was originally going to join me, got a signed copy of the justice’s book for me. The first concert was the National Symphony Orchestra Echoes…