I once read in an Ayurvedic article somewhere, that singing outloud for 5 to 10 minutes everyday, will fulfill and prolong your life. I told this to a wonderful Italian gent this morning as he made my usual double-long, all the while singing Italian opera. He said, in a fabulous Italian accent, "As a young boy, I used to love to sing… I sing all the time and I always will. It is beautiful, music is beautiful!" I felt a pitter-patter with his words, and he continued singing as if he was on some grand stage. Another cafe-goer says, "Yes, but that rap stuff is just awful, this world doesn't need that kind of garbage!" The Italian responded, "Maybe you think it is garbage, but it is magical and wonderful in someone else's life; music, all music is beautiful."

Oh goodness, I am feeling weepy. I would have proposed right then and there had he not been, well, old enough to be my grandfather.