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Baby Steps…

I’ve been wanting to ‘cut the cord’ with various forms of Social Media for a while, but have not quite been able to make the break. Despite all of the negatives, they do make it easy to keep in touch with family and friends. And the memories. I do love reading through the memories – all those things we shared with others – or they with us – over the past decade. 

I don’t know how having such easy communication has made us less connected. We know hardly anyone writes real letters – but no one sends email anymore either. We can’t even count on the once a year connection of Christmas cards, since so many people have stopped sending them.  Meanwhile, the Social Media that ‘connected’ us all has become a sea of memes and ads and very little real connection. 

So. Here we are. This is my attempt to connect – in a similar, yet different way. I don’t know what the final answer will be. But expect a Christmas card from us — and maybe we’ll even start writing letters again. Stranger things have happened.

An Evening at the Ballet

Last night we went to the ballet to see Alice In Wonderland. It was quite different from the ballets we’ve usually been to. We knew that just reading the cast list and seeing strange entries like ‘Guys in White’ or ‘Alice’s Legs’. But as you watched the story unfold, it all made sense.

The sets and costumes were very colorful and creative, as was the way they achieved the strange occurrences in the story. The music followed the story well, and set the perfect mood for each scene.

Unfortunately, photos are not allowed, but the Mad Hatter did come out to greet the audience after the performance. 🙂

Sunday Stroll

The time change was today, so with schedules out the window we decided to break from our routine, go out for breakfast, and then take a walk around the Botanic Gardens. It’s a quiet time of year of course, and it’s nice to see a bit of greenery and the spring flowers. After that we stopped off for tea at a Denver bakery that specializes in eclairs.

Dusty green succulent growing out of a crevice in the rocks