December 23 - In Orbit


Finish an initial playlist / program for The Opus Project presents Opus 37: Fired Up! (8pm, Saturday, January 30, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA), deal with challenges associated re the problematic Cheapo / Spirit flights:



"The revised ticket says 'Non-Stop'..."


"Yes, sir, it is nonstop from Oakland


to Las Vegas,


and then nonstop from Las Vegas


to Philadelphia"


The


three-hour


layover


turns


into


4,


5 (actually not much of a problem, enjoying the sunshine), finally on the plane, then off again, ultimately re-embarking (almost missing this while making phone calls),


and


off in the company of friendly passengers,


over Lake


Mead


and the Colorado Plateau,


to a tense interval of heavy rain and wind,


leading to a touchdown of applause.


The rental car is arranged without further mishaps, then off, via an everything pretzel at Wawa,


to rendezvous with George and


Bette 


in the festive night.  47th day of fall, 6th high of 57 for the month, an impressive 63 in Concordville, PA...