Hello and welcome to Musing Interruptus, thank you for clicking, and thank you for listening. I’m Renée Valentina and this is my podcast. I write this for my students, my friends, and basically anyone who would like to continue the conversation. You can listen and read along. The link to the transcript is in the description of the episode.  I’ve been thinking about the fish and the bird that fall in love. In the musical, Fiddler on the Roof, the question is, where would they build a home? My little heart wonders, what does that matter, if they found each other and the path that led them to fall in love? Half of the battle is won.

I’ve noticed my proclivity for Twitter accounts that tweet about lusting and pining over an unrequited love, a love that has been torn away from them, or a love, so silent, only thousands of followers know it ...