A Quick Trip!

 Today we are driving toward home at the end of a quick trip to Indianapolis.

Last year I was scheduled for a performance for Story Arts of Indiana at the Indiana History Center Theatre in Indianapolis.  With the advent of COVID, that performance was cancelled.

As the year progressed, Ellen Munds, director of Story Arts, began to look at ways to redeem the season. We rescheduled the event for November 14 hoping things would reopen by now...they did not.

So, the plan was to either do a totally virtual event or a hybrid event in which I would go to Indianapolis, perform for a small audience, and have the event streamed via Zoom to the entire audience.  This was the option I choose.  So, last evening, in the 300 seat theatre, I has a very well spaced out audience of about thirty people while all the other ticket holders watched from home.

 It was a great joy to be on a real stage with real people out there, even if the number was safely limited.  Right now we are learning to do whatever works to keep storytelling alive and well and to do so feels very appreciated and embraced.

The History Center was filled with more than a dozen beautiful trees for the coming holiday season.  Trish and I could not resist having our picture taken in such a festive setting.  Besides indoors, there were lighted trees all around the center.  With the drop in temperature between Ocracoke and Indianapolis, we really did feel like Christmas is in its way.

Now we go home and insert Thanksgiving on the island before we get back in touch with Christmas.