I’ve loved Simon&Garfunkel for as long as I can remember. And, since I was a kid all through the 1960s, I think that’s actually, literally, true. They’ve always been there. They’re part of the image I created for myself of the United States. Simon&Garfunkel, Bobby Kennedy, the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, The Lucy Show, The Flintstones, ice cream and milk in a glass, and a hand-me-down dress I wore until I grew out of it. The dress was made from blue and white sear sucker, and it had red trim. It was American, and had been given to me by a family who had lived in the US for a while. Civil rights and Lucille Ball, a girl’s dress. I was 7.