Last night, before L went to bed, I’d put in a Nina Simone CD, figuring it was calming enough to play in the evening.

There are some videos of Nina on YouTube. Here’s one of her singing “I loves you, Porgy,” but not the utterly calm version I have on CD. And here’s a very sweet claymation video set to “My baby just cares for me “

Little did I know.

A few minutes later, while trying to put the Girl to sleep, I began the CD again. She wasn’t crying, but she wasn’t settling down. I rocked her, walked her, bounced her gently, talked to her — all the tricks, but she was just not completely calming down.

When track six — “I loves you, Porgy” — began, instant calm. So I did the logical thing: hit repeat and put the Girl to sleep by playing one of the loveliest songs ever…about fifteen times.

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