... has changed.
Tea: Vanilla Lapsang
Music: Brian Setzer Orchestra, "Sleepwalk"
Time: Night.
I went to bed last night wondering why "Waltzing Matilda" was in 2/4 time. My son, whose strolling strings broup performed that piece during its recent trip to Australia, enlightened me tonight.
"In Australia," he said, "'waltzing' meant 'walking.' So it's in cut time because it's a walking song."
Fair enough. Now let's see if he can explain this one, which comes in three parts.
Why is the Syrah grape called Shiraz in Australia?
Why is it a Norton grape in Missouri but Cynthiana in Kansas?
And why is Blaufränkisch (my favorite little-known red, by the way) only Blaufränkisch in Austria. In Hungary it's Kékfrankos, and in Germany and the U.S. it's Lemberger (although now some wineries are starting to market it as "Blue Franc," which is what "Blaufränkisch" means in the first freaking place.)
It's enough to make a guy want to steal a sheep (in 2/4 time, of course).
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