After posting yesterday about my mother's love of the movie and music of Doctor Zhivago, especially Lara's Theme, I learn from my cousin how much it also means to him. I also learn that he has our grandmother's copy of the book. I am so touched by that. He lives in Australia so that book has traveled a long way. Jane informs me of how much Lara's Theme means to her brother, who has built his own home with his wife in an isolated area of New Mexico. He is a scholar of Cabrillo. What does all this mean to me? Just how very tied we are in the most beautiful of ways. Somehow the music was thrumming through my head, and now, here we all are, uniting around words and music, and what they mean to each of us! Today, in the bay area we have sun, warmth, and more blossoms. New York has snow, and I see that Alice Springs has excellent visibility and a high of 95 and a low of 71, so their low may not even be our high today, but it feels quite toasty out to me. The sprinklers are back on. Joy to all today, whether rain, snow, and/or sun!!