Twilight Time
You're traveling through another dimension -- a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's a signpost up ahead: your next stop: the Twilight Zone!
Carefully, weeks ago, I had chosen speakers for 10, 12, 2 and 4 o'clock from Fridays schedule at the Festival of the Book in Charlottesville. Yet, when I arrived there Thursday night anticipating the next days carefully selected talks, those authors and topics appeared nowhere on the elaborately fleshed out schedule of this year's Festival.
"The speakers you sent us" said my lovely hostess "where all for March 27. That's Saturday."
"Another Senior Moment" I thought at first. But no, I was certain I'd pulled up Friday's schedule.
"Is it possible those were speakers from last year?" Gretchen asked.
And after considerable bewilderment, suspicions that Rod Serling was standing somewhere in the wings in his blue gaberdine suit, and self-loathing for being an idiot, this is what I think explains the fact that today, none of the speakers I went to hear were there today: I know I reached the links to the chosen speakers off the main page-- the one with Garrison Keillor pictured as one of the opening speakers. But the page from which I selected my talks a few weeks back must have been left over, not yet updated from last year. That would explain the fact that the day and the date didn't jibe. Except last year, Friday was the 26th. I'm still just a wee bit bumfuzzled.
Unfortunately, there were not any "must see" speakers on the entire schedule for today. So, "best laid plans" and all that. I did weedle a nice stay in the Ripples Bed and Breakfast out of the trip north and I came home having had much good conversation. Not only that, due to a missed turn, I got to see Business 460 West throughout the fifteen mile length of Lynchburg, Virginia and this was as much fun as a stick in the eye.
Comments
We are glad to see that you made it home safely.
We are sending by Priority Mail the nice Nikon digital camera you left in your bedroom. I wouldn't want your readers to get used to text-only posts.
Posted by: David | March 26, 2004 9:31 PM