for-the-final-push//it-was-not-all-bad

• St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis's election//the sound of the bells
• the sound of applause within St. Peter's at the end of Benedict's last public mass, like it was raining indoors
• learning to play the saxophone//harmonica
• the chance to play an accordion/a banjo
• being in the art village, especially when it's raining