In case you thought that the august Well Tempered Society to which I am proud to be a member, proffers its privileges and responsibilities to any Tom, Dick, or Sally, I offer strong evidence to the contrary with my own Well Tempered piano teacher, P. The moral fortitude and sense of All that is Just and Right and the determination to follow through at short notice and literally "run the extra mile" find no more extraordinary embodiment than in him.
This morning I took my as usual enlightening and enjoyable lesson with P. And when I note he lives exactly one mile away from me, I say that to not just hint back to the previous paragraph, like the reentry of an introductory theme in the largo of a Ballade, but as an intimation of more wonders to behold.
After the lesson I placed, underneath his enameled wooden pen cradle, the exact same cash my own adult student M. had paid me previously this week.
Or SO I thought....
This afternoon after I taught the polite, philosophically astute, and shall we say, a tad exuberant siblings, A and L, I realized there was an envelope near my own tuition reliquary, I had not seen previously.
This morning I took my as usual enlightening and enjoyable lesson with P. And when I note he lives exactly one mile away from me, I say that to not just hint back to the previous paragraph, like the reentry of an introductory theme in the largo of a Ballade, but as an intimation of more wonders to behold.
After the lesson I placed, underneath his enameled wooden pen cradle, the exact same cash my own adult student M. had paid me previously this week.
Or SO I thought....
This afternoon after I taught the polite, philosophically astute, and shall we say, a tad exuberant siblings, A and L, I realized there was an envelope near my own tuition reliquary, I had not seen previously.
"Hi Laura,
The enclosed was mixed in
with the fee. Didn't want you to
leave for New York without
it"
Best,
P.
I hastily opened the envelope and found, very curiously....
another envelope!
The enclosed was mixed in
with the fee. Didn't want you to
leave for New York without
it"
Best,
P.
I hastily opened the envelope and found, very curiously....
another envelope!
and inside that....
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