I hope my readers got outside this weekend to enjoy the
beautiful weather! Travalon and I sure did. Friday evening we went to the
beautiful Lakeside Café to listen to the Madison Classical Guitar Society
again, and we ran into Pete the Sailor Man there. The brother-in-law of the
Daughter of Denni was playing again, and he is our favorite because he does
lots of flamenco. A guy I know from early music circles came and played his
lute, and after he played, half the audience left. They must have been there
for the lute music, not the guitar music.
Saturday the East Side Club was having a pre-Easter brunch,
so Travalon and I met Jilly Moose, Luxuli, and OK Cap there, then he went antiquing and we
ladies went to Olbrich Gardens, where we were joined by Cali. It was such a
beautiful day! Travalon did join us again, by the Thai Pavilion. Then he and I
went for a long hike by the northern part of the Yahara River. It was so warm
that we stripped down to T-shirts! Mine had the name of a German language
journal on it, which is kind of random but at least not offensive. I personally
have never read this journal, but we publish it where I work, and at one point
the editor had T-shirts made, so I got one. So I was kind of doing marketing
for my job, if anyone who walked by us even noticed.
Yesterday Travalon and I went hiking again. We had a quick
brunch at the Crema Café, then we drove down Highway 60, a gorgeous ride, and
hiked up Ferry Bluff. We went for a hike on the Nature Conservancy land covered with cacti
out by Spring Green, and then we went to the Hop Garden in Paoli and sat
outside enjoying shandy made with their potent beer and a locally made
kombucha, while listening to a guy play the guitar and sing. Musicians often
notice me in the audience – I suppose being a fellow musician makes me
particularly attentive – but this is the first time I’ve ever had a performer
ask to take a selfie with me because I’m such a great audience member! This guy
wanted one with both Travalon and me, and then he gave us stickers. They
advertise him – again with the free advertising! He said they are “bumper
sticker quality,” but I have never put a bumper sticker on my car. I do not
want people to know my clever opinions without my getting a chance to ask them
theirs. I am a big believer in the equal exchange of information. Don’t be like
Cali, who asked how old I was, and then after I told her, she wouldn’t tell me
her age. That is just unfair.
Famous Hat
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