Au Revoir Monsieur Mitman

Mr. Mitman was one of my favorite teachers in high school. I was in his French class for all four years, in fact, I was the only student in his French 4 class in 1982-83. Because of this unique situation, my grade in class was based on me translating Paris newspapers from French into English, and creating articles in French for my newspaper.

I just learned of Mr. Mitman's passing on April 22nd. He had taught foreign languages at Wilson Area High School for 35 years, and retired in 1985. It is always sad to learn of the passing of a teacher who inspired me.  Au revoir, Monsieur Mitman. Repose en pais.

Heaven's Choir

Heaven's choir gained another member yesterday in Merle Haggard.

That choir is sounding sweeter every day it seems, as country music has lost quite a few legendary singers over the last 3 years - George Jones, Lynn Anderson, Jim Ed Brown, Sonny James... just to name a few. This is the music I grew up listening to, spending hours every weekend listening to the radio with my grandparents, and having the awesome opportunity as a young lad to see these legends perform in person, shake their hands, get their autographs...  So each time another passes beyond the veil, it is a sad time indeed. Not so much that I am sad that they are gone, but sad that another piece of my childhood has been taken away. I will always have the memories though, the music lives on, and Heaven's choir does indeed get sweeter and sweeter!