So it is three weeks later---

 I don't think that I wanted to wrtte anything since the election. But have just returned from Geffen Hall, where I sat in the lobby while Bronfman was playing Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto. Amazing! Just what I needed this evening---the brilliance of Beethoven. Nice go be able to sit in the lobby---in a chair by myself---and simply get the performance from the live feed that the Philharmonic now supplies. Great way to see a concert---one just hears the one piece one wants to and then can move on. In this case, after the intermission the Orchestra performed a symphony by Nielsen---and I had no desire to hear it--plus I was incredibly tired ---so time to go home.

Waiting for the bus on 66th and Broadway, noticed a woman traveling with a walker. On a closer look I realized this was a woman named Susan---a close friend of mine during my last year of high school. I walked over to her to say hello---but somehow she did not respond--on the bus, also, she looked straight ahead---I followed her on, but did not say hello---leave it alone. Yet there she was, this woman whom I once shared thoughts with about  friend of her who I dated for awhile. Memories of those conversations with her so specific--where are they now? 

Had two great sessions this morning with two very different children---the first--a shy third grader,s struggling with her math skills, the second a lively fifth grade boy with a good mind---we worked on fractions and decimals. Felt very vital with both of them.Lots of sessions ahead---even with the holiday weekend approaching.

Nobody seems to be talking about the coming administration--all conversation seems to be "normal"--that is life just seems to be moving on. A radio station lauds the fall weather---theater and concert schedules into the first three or four months of the new year seem to present a world oblivious of any changes that this new administration will cause.

Tomorrow mostly a free day. Still would love to catch up on some movies---well can do that on Thanksgiiving, since the Thanksgiving that I usually spend with my cousins has already passed. We had it last Friday because some relatives did not with to travel on or around the holiday. Makes sense--actually looking forward to a quiet day at home,