THE
ZITHER FAIRY
The Zither Fairy is a literary conceit
I created when, during some 'splainin' of how I went from A to Z
myself in my life. My 2nd husband, a violist himself, whom
I met during a gun-for-hire gig found that after our marriage, I did
not in fact, turn into a something-other-than-a-violist. Professional
jealousy, stupidity, or just plain WTF? I have no clue.
Interesting sounding; much like the cembalo, which were used by Bela Bartök and Kodály. But, I can play neither zithers or cembalos.
What happened was this, it was summer
time in Michigan, a usually fallow time, where we don't play much
besides weddings, or music festivals out-of-state. He was 22 years
older than I, and I was pulling in more work during the summer and he
seemed, well, a tad put out about it. My feelings? Who cares, the
money was all coming to the same household. Then, I got hired to play
with the “Moody Blues,” for 3 weeks and all hell broke loose. So,
that fall, I re-enrolled in school and majored in Computer Science.
Needless to say, that marriage was history. To explain the demise of
it quickly and easily in writing (although, the end of a marriage is
never quick and easy, there were many agonizing nights and
realizations that I should never, ever have assumed being married to
someone who played the same instrument would bring any similar
understanding,) I invented the Zither Fairy.
She's welcome to do the laundry once in a while.
Thus, when writing about the
differences that ended the marriage, I say, "Alas, The Zither Fairy
neglected to come and convert me from a violist to a zither player,
therefore, I went back to school and majored in computer science." The
marriage flatlined, anyway. But I did earn a new career, that allowed me to practice the old one at the same time and new
adventures were to be had!
