I'm too tired to write much now, because I've just returned from the Oregon coast, where it was clear and sunny and beautiful but thankfully not too warm. In short, it was a perfect day to go to the ocean and I have many tales to regale you all with as well as pictures of everyone's favorite Yorkshire Terrier.

Here's a little teaser:

However, as today is the 1-year anniversary of my Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis, I felt I must mark it in some way. I have written at length about my own experience during my first year after being diagnosed with this disease so I'm not going to write any more about that lest I lose all my audience.

Instead, I want to point ya'll to this series of videos on YouTube about Jacqueline Du Pre, the fabulously gifted and famous British cellist who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at age 28 and died 14 years later in 1987 at the age of 42. I was reminded of this brilliant woman on Tuesday when I had dinner with my friend Rob (a cellist, naturally) and she's been on my mind.

This documentary/video is in about 8 parts on YouTube, but the first part is below, in the extended entry. The Elgar concerto is exquisite and despite the toll MS ultimately took on Du Pre, what she gave us with this concerto - and many other works - is nothing short of genius. In light of this, I continue to hope and pray for continued research leading to a cure.