YES, HOW THE HEART BOUNDS AND SINGS WHEN THE WEATHER IS AS IT WAS ON THURSDAY. FIRST, THE DEAN'S BREAKFAST--A"WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL THING."
THESE SORTS OF GATHERINGS HAVE A SAMENESS ABOUT THEM:"DID YOU HAVE A NICE SUMMER? DID YOU TRAVEL? YOU'VE LOST WEIGHT!" FAMILIAR FACES. A FEW NEW ONES.
THE FIRST MEETING OF A CLASS I'M ATTENDING, 20TH CENTURY FRENCH PLAYS, LOOKS TO BE FINE. RENEE WEHRMANN, A VERY SMART FRENCH WOMAN WHO WAS IN MY IMPROVISATION CLASS, IS THE COORDINATOR. THE FIRST PLAY IS ANOUIHL'S ANTIGONE, WHICH I HAVE DIRECTED SEVERAL TIMES. THEN THERE IS CAMUS, BECKETT, ETC..
AFTER CLASS I HAD A GOOD LUNCH WITH MY FRIEND,LARRY, AT A MOROCCAN RESTAURANT, OUR TABLE OUTSIDE FROM WHICH VANTAGE POINT WE COULD OGLE THE PRETTY GIRLS AS THEY PASSED, MANY, IT SEEMED, PARTIALLY EN DESHABILLE.
BETTER THAN ANY DESSERT! WE THEN TRAMPED THE WEST VILLAGE A BIT, AND I WAS ABLE TO STOP AT MY "BEST KEPT SECRET,'' FLORENCE BUTCHER SHOP,
WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE NEWPORT STEAKS, PRIME, FOR LESS THAN YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.
WE FOUND A WEIRD ANTIQUE MUSIC SHOP, SO CROWDED YOU HAD TO WALK SIDEWAYS TO ENTER, WHERE LARRY FOUND A MARTIN GUITAR-SIZED UKELELE
WITH A REPAIRED CRACK IN IT FOR ONLY $800.(HE DIDN'T BUY IT. HIS WIFE, JANE, WOULD HAVE KILLED HIM, HE SAID.
I REALLY TIRED MYSELF OUT ON THAT WALK, SO BEAT IT HOME BECAUSE I HAD TO BE AT ALICE TULLY HALL FOR THE NYCHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OPENING NIGHT.
LILLIAN IS NOT A FAN OF STRING QUARTETS OR CHAMBER MUSIC, BUT I KNOW SHE
WOULD HAVE ENJOYED THE VARIETY OF THE ECLECTIC MUSIC AND CHANGING ENSEMBLES....... THE VIVALDI, AND ESPECIALLY, THE DVORAK QUINTETS
WERE JUST BEAUTIFUL.
TODAY I WAS ABLE TO CALL VIVIAN GLICK - IN HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY, AND TO WISH HER WELL. HAPPY TO SAY SEE SEEMS FINE. VIVIAN AND HER HUSBAND, BOB, ARE AN EXTREMELY WITTY AND INTERESTING COUPLE WHO SIT NEXT TO ME AT ROUNDABOUT THEATRE.
I'M A LITTLE STIFF HERE AND THERE(NOT JUST MY STILTED PROSE STYLE) FROM
THE GYM TODAY. HERE I SHALL STOP AND REVIEW THIS ENTRY NOTING THE VACUOUS, VAIN AND VAPID QUALITY OF MY OUTPUT.
HEY, I JUST REALIZED WHAT THIS KIND OF WRITING REMINDS ME OF.............THOSE TERRIBLE MIMEOGRAPHED LETTERS PEOPLE USED TO SEND AT CHRISTMAS.DO THEY STILL DO THAT? I NEVER DID. BUT LOOK............. MIDDLE AMERICA JUST CAUGHT UP WITH ME!