February 14
February 14
Yasamin and family,
I lived next door to Phil our freshman year in the dreary "U Halls" at Cornell. Fall quarter we entered the nearby student union's talent show: 15 freshmen in boxer shorts and neckties and winter boots singing "Take Me Home Country Roads" as Phil played the guitar masterfully and sang beautifully. No idea why we wore that. I think we were trying to mock the glee club ethos???
These were not choristers, yet by bringing out his guitar, Phil led singalongs in his dorm room, which is just really hard to imagine if you know how cynical and cranky this bunch was. Thinking back on it, that signing together was Phil energy and it was one of the things that bonded us all.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
I lived next door to Phil our freshman year in the dreary "U Halls" at Cornell. Fall quarter we entered the nearby student union's talent show: 15 freshmen in boxer shorts and neckties and winter boots singing "Take Me Home Country Roads" as Phil played the guitar masterfully and sang beautifully. No idea why we wore that. I think we were trying to mock the glee club ethos???
These were not choristers, yet by bringing out his guitar, Phil led singalongs in his dorm room, which is just really hard to imagine if you know how cynical and cranky this bunch was. Thinking back on it, that signing together was Phil energy and it was one of the things that bonded us all.
I'm so sorry for your loss.