Why I Whistle

Maybe it’s an act of defiance, or maybe it’s just fun to ornament the air

“Whistling” created by combining an image by M. H. from Pixabay with “Music Brain” by Wuhuiru55 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

I’m a notorious whistler, at least among members of my family. My oldest daughter diagnoses it as a sure sign that I have ADHD because often my whistling echoes some catchy tune I’ve heard recently: a hymn at church, a song I’ve been streaming, the little melody my phone plays for a wakeup alarm, the theme music to a…