Long Island Weekend

 We went to Long Island this weekend to visit daughter V and her husband Matt.   Another very important part of the weekend plan was to go into the city on Saturday to see Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion show, which Gerry loves.   It was a delightful performance, with really good guest musicians, to include a pair from the musical across the street,  Anything Goes.  The PHC Show (as it is abbreviated) is really the airing of a live radio show.  Keillor is such an odd person who seems genuinely not at home in his own skin.  And in a way I cannot explain,  his voice and his actual physical appearance do not seem to match.  Nevertheless, he is monumentally talented and the show was excellent entertainment. Keillor and radio are a great match.

It was a dismally rainy night to be navigating New York City.  We did have to stand in the rain for fifteen minutes until the doors opened.  But once we were inside, it was well worth it.

Sunday was Palm Sunday, so we attended with daughter V, who sings in the choir of the Grace UMC.  I noticed right away how pleased I was with  the order of the service.  After serving and attending a church of a different denomination for quite a while,  I immediately appreciated a 'good ole united methodist order of worship.'  It felt like comfort food.

Gerry and I were pleased that we more successfully navigated our way out of the city and home than on any other occasion.  Who knows?  Maybe some day, we will actually get comfortable driving it. I take that back.  Used to it, maybe, but comfortable is probably a bit of a stretch.

Our life pace is so much slower.  And we are fine with that!