July 30

Miss me?Joyce and I were on the Cape to visit some friends who have a lovely home there. Right on the ocean....it is sometimes who you know that counts. while there we went out out on a 77 ft schooner for a beautiful luncheon sail in Yarmouth between the mainland and Martha's vineyard. It was an absolutely spectacular day with a beautiful lunch under the fluttering sails of a magnificent ship. This was our second outing on a rather large boat this summer and both times were very peaceful and luxurious. Better to know someone with a boat then to have a boat.From there we went to Cambridge and I attended a 3 day workshop on the arts. A major participant was Yo-Yo Ma who is a founding member of the Silk Road Project. Wonderful experience and a concert from the group including Yo-YO. He and I were classmates as he attended the workshops as a student. Terrific guy and very committed to the arts and education. Also met some amazing musicians who are part of the Project. One of the musicians was a spanish jazz bagpipe player, no joke, named Christine Paro, AMAZING! Google her.Came away from the conference with a great idea to implement a performing arts program for kids. Will discuss at a later date.One of the presenters remembered me from my attendance at a week long workshop 17 years ago, she even remembered the group I was in, group C, WOW! I knew I was a memorable guy but...Still looking to figure out how we can communicate as that is the purpose of  a blog, because without you it is a blah, blah, blah!Will post soon, hope summer is going well for all.