.                                 Con Te Partiro

         My friend Joseph Maher had but one eye, yet,
         he drove his Citroen in London. Living in The
       Luberon of Provence, I often experimented with
        an eye patch, just to experience what it was like.

      When Joe died, my eulogy was Bocelli's vision of
       Con Te Partiro which was chosen purposely and
     I sang it in Italian, solo, but, as an added gesture of
  respect to both of them, it was sung in optical oblivion.






For Andrea Bocelli & Joe.