I too attended a Rolling Requiem performance in Houston, Texas. Leading up to today, I wasn't sure how I wanted to or should handle today. I knew I didn't want to go near the TV. This morning, though, I felt I needed to do something in memory of last year. The Rolling Requiem was exactly right. No flags, no goverment, in fact very few spoken words. The Rice University Chorale looking very alive as regular college kids dressed in whatever they chose to put on early in the morning. Not much was somber. The chorus was great. I was so proud of all them for being able to perform given how their emotions were running. At the end, we all stayed so still and quiet, savoring the last hour of getting wrapped up in the music. It was certainly an experience I will cherish.

I too will be happy when all the coverage disappears again. But I'm glad today there was effort around the world to commemorate Sept. 11, 2001, the victims, the survivors and the whole world.