A Night Of Wine And Swirling Thoughts

I've had quite enough of keeping up to date with the online natter and solemn, heartfelt and exaggerated fb notes of the upcoming elections. 2 weeks aren't going to change my mind, but yes, it can choose to slap me in the face with a walkover and a lousy non-contest. I've had 5 years to observe the going-ons around me. I'd like to talk to the friends and hear their thoughts. Nothing like a sane, in-depth conversation away from fb to put many angles into perspective.

Over good bottles of Krug Vintage Clos du Mesnil 1998 and 1993 Romanée-St-Vivant (Marey-Monge), we put aside the guitars and put on the playlist to the soulful notes of Coltrane and Miles Davis, then Richard Hawley and Sam Cooke. I enjoy the music of these 2 singers. They're beautiful. It's the only way I know how to do justice to our 4 bottles of alcohol on the table that aren't whisky.

Particularly poignant to me at this point in time, is Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come'. I asked to repeat it and adjusted the amps louder. As the song filled the room, almost by reflex, we fell silent and mouthed the lyrics. I'm almost surprised that no one got on the guitar or piano, or sing our version of this.