This show was produced and directed by a friend of ours. It was a variety show with one act plays, monologues, skits and a few songs.
Overall, it was enjoyable. The house was sold out and the audience loved it. Gave them a standing ovation at the end.
Yella was in one of the one act plays and sang a song. She did great!
As I was sitting in the audience, I was thinking about the need in our community for live entertainment. We don't have a movie theater, TV is limited, the local DVD rental shop is sparse.
It feels like we have been thrown back to a time before all that.
Plus, the kids wear uniforms to school, the dogs run free...no lease laws here...people walk everywhere.
You know, I don't miss all the "modern" stuff. Sitting in a theater with more than a hundred people, actively participating in a presentation, chatting with friends before, during the intermission and after, seems so much more vital than new things.
Last night we went to Las Ruinas to eat and listen to our local jazz band. They were amazing. It blows me away to have this caliber of music in the jungle.
All this was on Friday and Saturday night.
This brings me to my blog point.
It is difficult to know what day of the week it is here. The old rhythms of life are gone.
No more getting up and going to work 5 days a week. No more holidays...at least US holidays.
Granted, we still have to have one eye on the days of the week because life still revolves around the day of the week...what is open, when to bank, when to shop.
But...
If you ask me what day of the week it is, I have to pull out my cell phone and check.
Sometimes, this is disorienting.
Sometimes, it seems so natural.
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Went to Rockhurst High 45th reunion festivities this weekend.
Your name came up in the necrology report. I felt that I had to tell the truth and ratted you out.
But made them promise not to tell the alumni office.
I know you've worked hard at burying yourself.
All the best from Terrie and Gene
Holy shit, a voice from the past!
Thanks for commenting in my blog. It is good to connect with you. All my memories from high school and college with you are good ones.
While I have some good memories from college, i have very few from high school. If they have me as dead, that's OK.
I hope all is well for you and your family!
Hey Tom, so good to be able to get back to reading your Blog again!! I have been ass-kicking busy, working during the week, and travelling back to Arkansas to Mow (and pay Attention to my wife!) and have been offering Satsang there, Taos, and Colorado Springs. kinda working me, in a good way. So, today, I just took a deep breath, and tuned in on your blog, and got caught up on BeLoved, playing in Panama. All Love, Darshan
I went to the Riders' meeting this morning. Bob, Dan and others were there. It was moving to connect in a powerful setting with my friends. You were present in our conversation.
I am sicker than a dog with something...what a bummer! I will go see a doc tomorrow...I will probably have to take out a loan to pay for it...no insurance any more.
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