An Awakening

By KKM

TODAY I MET MY SISTER IN NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT TO DO SOME GENEALOGY. I ALWAYS FEEL SO PRIVILEGED TO BE IN THE VAULT WHERE THEY KEEP ALL THE BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH CERTIFICATES DATING BACK TO THE 1700'S. IT'S SO HARD TO NOT BECOME SIDE TRACKED WHILE FLIPPING THROUGH THE PAGES AND READING BLURBS ABOUT PEOPLE, WHO ARE OF NO RELATIONS AND LEARNING ABOUT THEIR LIVES. AFTER SO MANY HOUR OF SITTING, FLIPPING AND READING, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO WALK AROUND YALE'S CAMPUS. THE BUILDINGS ARE JUST SO GORGEOUS. SORRY MY SKILLS DO NOT DO JUSTICE. THIS GOTHIC BUILDING IS THE HARKNESS TOWER. IT CONTAINS THE YALE MEMORIAL CARILLON A 54 BELL CARILLON CURRENTLY RUNG BY GUILD MEMBERS TWICE A DAY. THE MUSIC IS AS ORNATE AND COMPLICATED AS THE STRUCTURE AND I WAS THRILLED TO HAVE BEEN WALKING BY WHEN THE MUSICAL EVENT OCCURRED. WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME

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