Sing a song of me
I routinely describe my upbringing as being in the Felt Banner era of Catholic Education. The protagonists of this era are "Sister Stretchpants" and "Father Sideburns". I did indeed spend time with Father Sideburns as I was growing up (the 1970s being a hairy decade) but, to be fair, Sister Stretchpants actually came along a year or two after I graduated High School. If I were to name a single hymn as the Anthem of the Felt Banner Era that I endured, it would be "Let There Be Peace On Earth", a barely-religious pean to Narcissus that perfectly summarizes the age. Let there be peace on Earth And let it begin with Meeeeeeeee! Written in the 1950's for some peacenik international children's choir, it's best sung with a breathy, quivering voice. To take this moment and live each moment in peace etern-uh-LEEEEE ! Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin?!!! huh-with huh-meeeee-heee-meeeeee! I must have sang that song hundred of times in my s