Awake to a gentle world of
russets and golds,
heading off to breakfast,
via the
art studio,
with Bette and
George,
then
farther
afield towards
Swarthmore
College and
Lang
Music
Building,
setting up the Concert Hall with percussion,
going over
parts upstairs
in a
practice room,
and
rendezvousing with Tom Whitman and Debby How in a rehearsal of
The Inner Circles (Op. 199) for Cello, Piano, and Percussion -- a selective reworking of Suite ("Sol[ar]"), Op. 2.
Afterwards,
meet up
with
George again for a stroll through the Woods to Aligator Rock,
doubling back through the
Amphitheatre
and
thence around
once more
to the
Music Building.
From here, swing by the old homestead,
then pick up cheesesteaks and hoagies at Anna's,
near the Georgian
Point of Origin.
After the repast,
back out, through Philadelphia and over the Ben Franklin Bridge to spend time with
Don and
Urs and friends, over cigars and the new hot tub.
Return through the City late.
