Grateful, nyc

1. Grateful to God and all that helps me get through a day
2. Grateful for wonderful weekend in NYC
3. Grateful for Story Corps interview - amazingly wonderful!
4. Grateful for Lucia at the Met - what an experience!

5. Grateful for the Tenement Museum visit - so interesting!
6. Grateful for first experience at a bed and breakfast
7. Grateful for nice meals with great company including roommate Maria from Argentina

On an unrelated matter, STC articles included review of Elmore Leonard's book and first part of green print experience article. Articles to come I hope include - member bio, article on moving to Clearview from Gothic Highway, more on green print?

Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor - Sat. Oct. 18 - included Diana Damrau as Lucia (also sung by Sutherland in her lifetime) and Piotr Becazala as Edgardo (sung by Pavaroti in his lifetime) and Vladimir Sotyanov as Enrico. In typical opera form, this opera included blood and hysterics and very high drama. Lucia loves Edgardo. But a letter she gets from him shows he does not love her. She ends up marrying someone else, prompted by her brother's recommendation, only to find that her dispicable (who I hate) brother forged the letter. Lucia goes absolutely crazy and as a consequence goes on a spree that leaves her with blood on her dress - we see her singing with this blood all over the place. It is based on a true story.