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It was said of Reb Simcha Bunem of Pershyscha that he carried two slips of paper, one in each pocket. On one he wrote: “Bishvili nivra ha-olam: for my sake the world was created.” On the other he wrote: “V’anokhi afar v’efer: I am but dust and ashes.” Reb Simcha would take out each slip …
“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody. It saves so much trouble.” Rudyard Kipling I didn’t understand this expression until Giorgio explained to me: when things go wrong… Somehow it seems appropriate to this chapter. When Giorgio says it, he has resignation in his voice. You can’t escape circumstances, the mind playing tricks …
Blumlein was an odd, antagonistic individual – extremely fastidious. All his life he devoted himself to others, and particularly the Leipzig all male voice choir: Mario “Pidgeon” Piccioni and Toni “Twinkle Toes” Visconti whose feet rose on the high notes, and the baritone boys, Gerhardt and Stanic. In the middle of rehearsals as Twinkle Toes …