Sunday 10/29/2023
After my usual Sunday morning religious ritual — namely, watering the plants and doing the big NYT crossword — about 11am I put on my red docent shirt and headed for the Museum. I led the noon tour, with a small group, 10 at the start, dwindling to 7 at the end. Not one of my better tours, I forgot a couple of points.
Put in some guitar practice. Not happy with the songs I am currently rehearsing, or with my ability to play them. During supper, my neighbor Brian quoted some lines from a Woody Guthrie song and I realized, hell yes, I need some Woody Guthrie. Not just “This Land Is Your Land” but some of the others. They’re tuneful and also probably simple to play.
At 6:30 I set up the auditorium for an event: a travelogue by the son and daughter-in-law of Colin, one of our older residents. I didn’t get the son’s name, but the presentation was by Sue, and it was pictures from a two-week cruise in the Southern ocean, from the Falklands to South Georgia Island to Elephant Island, all that Shackleton area. Really good quality photography, lots of penguins of various kinds and other sea birds, lots of dramatic mountain and glacier scenery.
Sue was a delight to work with; very smart and quick to catch on to our system. The whole show came off very well. When I edit the video in a day or two I think it will be a splendid production to watch, too.
Codgerville 