From: les@jmdl.com (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2001 #586 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: les@jmdl.com Errors-To: les@jmdl.com Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/joni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Tuesday, December 11 2001 Volume 2001 : Number 586 The Official Joni Mitchell Homepage, created by Wally Breese, can be found at http://www.jonimitchell.com. It contains the latest news, a detailed bio, Original Interviews, essays, lyrics and much much more. The JMDL website can be found at http://www.jmdl.com and contains interviews, articles, the member gallery, archives, and much more. ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- RE: childhood memories NJC ["Wally Kairuz" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 04:50:45 -0300 From: "Wally Kairuz" Subject: RE: childhood memories NJC my mother used to sing ''o mio babbino caro'', a melody by puccini, for me when i took a nap. it was my parents' bed. i remember those winter afternoons, the winter light. my sister was born in may 1964, so i must have been 2 or 3 years old! is it possible to remember something that happened when one was so young? in any case, whenever i hear ''o mio babbino caro'' i am immediately taken back to that old apartment and my mom's face; everything comes back so clearly. my mother's family was huge, 17 siblings, and most of them were very accomplished singers. italians. they would break into song. i know it sounds like a cliche but that's what happened. they could sing anything at all: opera, tango, jazz. my mother sang ella stuff in spanish. her other favorite lullaby for us kids was ''begin the beguine''. my uncle hector was a tenor and my uncle eduardo was a bass. they knew die walkure in italian. my mother did sieglinde and hector did siegmund. or my mother would be brunnhilde and uncle eduardo wotan. i know how it sounds but i swear that it is true. my mother was butterfly and uncle hector was pinkerton. and then they would sing ella's songs in spanish. i guess that today they would get paid. wally ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2001 #586 ***************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she?