Last night, A was admitted to the hospital after nearly dying. I was trying to coordinate assistance for her from 700 miles away as she stubbornly resisted help. I don't recall ever being so afraid for another person's life, while also trying to manage getting help to watch her kids and get transport to the hospital from a nasty cab-driver while A wouldn't call an ambulance. As the sun rose, I had precious little sleep and nothing but worries.

CDs listened to today:

• Zbigniew Bujarski: Quartet for a House-Warming
• Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 1
• KMFDM: Naïve
• Hold Steady: Separation Sunday
• Nikolai Lopatnikoff: Concerto for Wind Orchestra
• Fats Navarro: The Fats Navarro Story, disk 1
• Pascal Dusapin: a quia, disk 1