“National Memory Day on March 21 is a day celebrating the brain as a function of the human body that helps us to recall events and retrieve experiences from the past.” https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day

This morning on my drive to work I was listening to WRTI classical music when I was suddenly transported back to college by the opening notes of Georges Bizet’s Farandole from L’Arlésienne, a piece I played as a member of the string bass section in the Chestnut Hill College orchestra. For the next four minutes I “sang” along with a “bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, badadadum” picturing in my mind’s eye the entrance of each section of the orchestra.

Although I haven’t been a member of an orchestra in over 44 years, I could close my eyes (which I didn’t because I was driving) and be on that stage – one small part of a wonderful ensemble. Music memories are some of the strongest and fondest in my memory diary.