It's Christmas Time


It is not the season to post the rest of the story begun last month, so we will detour and get back to it after the holidays.

Tonight I met Mary Poppins or more accurately, Julie Andrews. She was performing in Tampa with Christopher Plummer in a special Royal Christmas Concert. It was an extraordinary experience for me, a special early Christmas present of sorts. In my past I had been compared to Mary Poppins, not as a compliment, even so...she has become a symbol to me of someone who might not be conventional but who definitely made a happy difference in life. Now with that in mind, a comparison to Mary Poppins is a defintie compliment (smile).

The show also included a singer who sang Bridge Over Toubled Waters, funny but I think it doubtful that when Simon and Garfunkle wrote it they envisioned it as a Holiday Song.

One of my favorite moments was a ballet performance of the Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairies from the Nutcracker Suite. The dancers were wonderful. When I was a little girl I attended ballet classes. Unfortunately, during rehersals for our recital I had trouble identifying my left from my right foot and kept turning the wrong way. The dance was...yes, you guessed it the Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairies. I was so bad that the instructor took my mom aside and told her I had all the grace of an elephant. My teacher suggested I stop taking lessons. Sadly, I never performed in the recital.

It is doubtful that a great future in dance was squelched, however it would have been wonderful to have danced.

Tonight was magical. It wasn't a night that left me sad with thoughts of what might have been. It left me feeling very happy and lucky that I got to experience such a wonderful show. Life is full of possibilities and all the twists and turns in my life are creating a most interesting tapestry.

May all that are reading this have the opportunity to enjoy the beautiful sights and sounds of this holiday season.