Comments on: March 31, 2007 http://localhost/2007/03/31/march-31-2007/ Reflections on Living at the End of Life - MDS and Leukemia Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.28 By: Dick Gale http://localhost/2007/03/31/march-31-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-11229 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:13:24 +0000 http://www.connieore.com/2007/03/31/march-31-2007/#comment-11229 Hi Connie and all:

Please know that your 92637 Southern CA Cheering Squad is thinking about you people and your trip to the Omaha medical facility.

Interestingly (some people might say, Amazingly . . ), Omaha did make a special Travel Magazine issue of the New York Times several weeks ago — the title, “Culture Club, Omaha’s Indie Arts Scene is Putting this Flyover Town on the Map.” Much of the article focused on the Old Market district. Sounds like a place w/ lots of things to snoop at (No, Alphie, you are NOT going to the Old Market District.)

Drive 185 miles to see a barber???? Music continues to be a main pillar of our life. With my NYT in hand, and logged on to naxos.com, I can play the equivalent (different musicians) of chamber concerts discussed in the NYT. And, Susan and I attended the first movie theater direct, live, Met Opera concert several Saturday afternoons ago. It was a wonderful Barber of Seville. Living in the midst of everything (good and less good), the theater was 10 minutess away, in a major regional shopping center. The Met Opera site links to the company actually selling the tickets ($18 each), and you can easily (via zip code) find the nearest theater. Well, it doesn’t look too good for Nebraskans — for your zip code (on your spouse’s web site), it’s 185 miles — to Kansas city, if I remember. But, hey, it could be worse, if you lived in Lubbock, Texas, your closest Met Opera participating theater is in Austin, a mere 350 miles away. In fact, the whole production was very, very well done — better even than seeing a regular video, since the filming included shots from the stage into the darkened hall (the performer’s view).

A final cultural note. Youtube.com. To my surprise, Youtube has interesting musical stuff (not just the latest loud stuff). Try BWV as a search word, and you’ll get a trove of short Bach-related videos. It’s also great for all of the great popular and semi-jazz stuff of years gone by, from June Christy to Stan Kenton, to Peter, Paul, and Mary, etc., as well as those who will never grow old – James Taylor and Carol King.

As with Christmas, Easter for us is a quiet time of settling in and collecting our thoughts (and prayers), and appreciating all the great music that accompanies these holidays,

take care, Dick (and Susan and Booker, the terrier)

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Holy Week is certainly a time to reflect on the great mysteries of life and the polar opposites that converge and live together – or as nicely stated in this quote

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.
Doug Larson

It will be a nice one today – hope your shoes stay dry

Heidi

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