A Huge Loss

This is the time of year when the andante from Haydn's trumpet concerto starts playing in my head. Haydn did not write the piece for Christmas, but this association was forged for me during the years I spent as a weekend announcer at WSBS in Great Barrington, Mass. Year after year, as the holidays approached, the station ran an ad for a holiday special at the historic 1780 Egremont Inn - which was destroyed in a fire overnight.