Now there's a post filled with mildly curious information. Where did EdelMar go on his travels?
First he went to Nepal and then when he returned to the States he didn't come all the way home. He stayed on the Eastern Seaboard to visit friends where he formerly lived. Then his former astronomy professor who he has stayed close to all this time (and the three of us have gone on several trips together) talked him in to staying there and building an observatory for him.
If he's renting his house out, where will he live when he gets back? This is nosy so no need to answer, but is he independently wealthy or how does one travel for so long -- or is it related to his job, whatever that might be?
It's a 3-bedroom, 2-bath home and he usually has the second bedroom rented out, using the 3rd bedroom for storage. But the current renter stopped paying rent so he wants to rent to another person, and also might want to rent out his bedroom. I wouldn't want such an arrangement but apparently there are a lot of people in Denver who do.
Don't you like opera? (I mean, I don't, but I would have thought you might.)
Frankly I'm getting tired of opera, particularly classical opera. The storyline is always a variation on the woman who went wrong and is punished by losing her reputation or dying and the men are always strutting around. I don't get excited about the women's lamenting or drama and the men's bravura. But music like the Intermezzo (thanks, Paul!) is beautiful! I also don't like having to give over my entire weekend, as it seems, to a performance, with all of the prep work and spending an hour just trying to get out of the parking lot afterwards, etc.
That said, the Cavalleria rusticana had some very interesting aspects, most notably that the entire orchestra and cast were on the stage. Thus, the conductor became a major player and he was fascinating, the way he used his whole body to bring out the music from the instrumentalists.
And what the heck is a class in forgiveness? Is it a church-related thing? And why must you forgive? If you're talking about your former permafrost community, do you really have to forgive them -- or is it to restore your own peace of mind?
Yes, it's a church class and we're studying
The Book of Forgiveness by Desmond Tutu and Mpao Tutu, his daughter. Yes, I'm coming to the conclusion that I have to at least try to forgive those two "permafrost" (love that!) instructors who seized the assets and then destroyed the nonprofit organization.
Mpao's story is interesting. She was an Anglican priest but was excommunicated when she divorced her husband and married a woman. She is now a pastor in the Netherlands.
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