How to annoy your sibling: text them on the morning of their 50th birthday and helpfully remind them that they are now eligible for membership in AARP. Bonus points if you are older, so they can't return the favor.
But I digress. Chapter 2 is in the queue.
The title of this particular blog entry is instantly recognizable to most HC fans.
Two new characters are added to this story's universe in Chapter 2. The first, Cora, is named after the titular character in the song linked above, "Corey's Coming." The other is Rabbi Mendel's Christian counterpart in Fargo, Rev. Joshua Allard.
Incidentally, if you click on that second link, look about 2/3 of the way down the page. "Remember When the Music" is the song Harry wrote in Mr. Lowenstein's memory.
Also check the YouTube recommendations accompanying that video; you should see a link to Bruce Springsteen's cover, performed in honor of the Congressional Gold Medal being conferred upon Harry in 1987. You're welcome.
I do want to make sure I am clear on one point: in his letter to Annie, Harry mentions that Martin "was what some call defective in mind or nature." This is a period-accurate (1870s) euphemism for "gay" and Harry makes it clear that this is not how he, personally, thinks of Martin.
The end of the chapter has two musical callouts. One - the wind whistling through the cracks in the sod - is directly linked to the song "Mail Order Annie."
The other is more subtle. As the chapter ends, the night falls on a world with a lot of lonely people in it... and two of them trying to find their way to each other.