In lieu of bemoaning much of the change and horror that I've been experiencing lately, I've decided to share some of the blessings in my life:
+ At work we serve Afternoon Tea. We all pile into the 2nd floor atrium, drink tea, talk about non-work stuff, eat cookies (hooray to butter cookies and chai tea biscuits!), and enjoy the summer sun. Great thing is, we always spend more than the allotted 15 minutes. Yay!
+ Did I already write about seeing Wicked at the Orpheum? It was phenomenal. Wish I could pay to see it again.
+ Last Friday, we went to see Roy Hargrove (trumpet) and James Carter (sax) perform jazz at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco for the SF Jazz event. Imagine the tall, elegant, imposing cathedral bathed in soft light from the setting sun. Imagine the stained glass windows brilliant with color then fade into dark. Imagine the vaulted ceilings. Now listen to the seven second echo for each jazz note from the instruments. Beautiful.
+ Memorial day, we went cherry picking at Salvadore Family Farm. Bright red cherries that were small and sour. Delicious. It was more fun climbing the ladders and picking cherries from the top branches than eating them! Then we went hiking at Black Diamond mines in Contra Costa county. The trees, the views, the hot sun, the cool breezes, and the wonderful friends -- delightful memories.
+ Pentecost Sunday, I participated in a modern day re-enactment of the tongues of flames. Hehe. I'm pretty sure Vietnamese was NOT spoken on that fateful day recorded in the Acts of the Apostles. Nonetheless, there we were listening to Vietnamese. (Of course, unlike the scripture passage where the spectators actually understood the languages the apostles were speaking, no one at the church actually understood what I was saying.) So much for dramatic re-interp.
+ Tomorrow, a few of us will be going to see Spamalot at Golden Gate Theater. Bittersweet.
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