Greatest of Institutions

And I am now listening to this week's installment of Theme Time Radio Hour with host Bob Dylan on XM satellite radio. The theme this week is "weddings," which Dylan calls the "greatest of institutions." An old swing song called "Wedding Bells," by Fred Rich, is the first song on this week's show.

"I get a lonesome feeling
When I hear those church bells chime.
Those wedding bells are breaking up
That old gang of mine."

I am wistful now. I'm in a wistful mood.

The song ends and Dylan notes that Rich died on September 8, 1956. I was born September 8, 1971. Not that I'm making anything of it -- I'm just in a wistful frame of mind, and connections -- any connections -- are intriguing to me now.