Monday, April 10, 2017

What's in the bag?

Yesterday I played a festive march as the postlude to remind people Jesus entered Jerusalem with cries of "Hosanna" on what is now known as Palm Sunday.  The piece went smoothly.  I bought it last year and learned it for Palm Sunday 2016, so I had to brush up on it, especially about eight measures I find tricky.  But it worked.  One person told me afterwards how it reminded her of Jesus' triumphal entry.  Yes!

When Randy came home after lunch he had a large black trash bag.  Curious.  What could it be?  Eggplants!  Apparently quite a few remained from the lunch at church, and he was given four.  So I decided to make Eggplant Parmigiana with two of them, using a bottle of tomato sauce we had received as a gift a couple of years ago.  Randy and I had sat at the table talking and I lost track of time, so it took a while to start cooking.  While the dish was still baking Randy asked if I was ready to go.  What?  Could it already be time to leave for his choir concert?  Well, not quite, so we each had a small serving of the eggplant before we left.  It was tasty.  We'll see today how it re-heats.

The concert featured a mass by Haydn.  The choir sang with enthusiasm and great expression.  I enjoyed visiting with friends at the reception after the program.

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