Very busy day with two nice breaks. I joined my friend and mentor Chris A for a late lunch. Like a dummy I forgot my wallet (sure you did, John :-).. so I got treated. It was really good catching up with Chris.
Rest of the day was full of meetings from current job and next.. it’s starting to get a little crazy.. I’m still enjoying both.. so thats good.
I had to stop at 5:30 to welcome friends.. Tonight we went to a concert at the Richmond Free Library.. Our friend Letitia (Lucy’s daughter) played a concert with her Stellaria Trio . Stelaria I just learned is the genus of the Chickweed family.
Lucy, Victor and their friends Cynthia , Loretta, Manet, Dom and,.. (dang.. cant remember her name) . all came to eat at our house before the concert . We had Diane’s wonderful eggplant fake lasagna.. I say ‘fake’ because the eggplant plays the role of the noodles. it was so good !.. We also had eggplant capanade.. (which was my dad’s favorite). I’m kinda allergic to eggplant.. makes my mouth bleed.. but these were so tasty it was well worth it.. besides.. the blood makes it somehow tastier.
Great old friends, new friends and conversation .. got almost 3/4 the way through dinner until ‘he who must not eb named’ name came up
freon there a short drive to the Richmond Free Lbrary for the concert
the program was Beethoven and Dvorak (one of my favorites)
letitia warms us up
it was a great performance.. a well earned standing ovaion at the end
Letitia’s viulin is from 1840. and it’s on loan from the VT Violin Shop..
it’s worth .. (drumroll please)…
$350,000
gulp
Here it is modeled by Viktor .
the viloin was foudn in an attic by the grandkids of a woman who had recentl died. she’d gotten it as a gift in 1904
here’s letitia’s score.. never can beleive that somone can read this !
now home..and a blanket of fresh snow..
don’t we realize this is spring ?
nite all, nite sam
-me