NYC

Ye are the light of the world.

A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

Matthew 5:14

Waking up in New York City is an experience like no other.  Traffic on the street, garbage collection, and just simply city noise starts long before my usual rising time.  My daughter sleeps straight through cacophony that would wake the dead, but she has been a resident of Manhattan for five years, and the sounds of the city starting a new day don't even phase her. 

A quick trip to the street will find small restaurants open for business, a corner green grocer where you can also purchase delicacies, or a bakery selling fresh bread.  There is no other city quite like it in the United States.  Mind you, I would not want to live here, but I so enjoy visiting.

Tonight I will be attending a master class at Carnegie Hall given by Marilyn Horne, the great retired American opera singer whose foundation sponsors a week of master classes every January.  She and I (in the audience) will be listening to five or six up-and-coming singers who have auditioned to be a part of this class.  After they have performed, she will share her wisdom on their voice, their technical skills, and their performance that I would not be able to hear anywhere else.  I am thrilled beyond measure to be able to listen, observe and learn.

Learning really is a life-long process, or at least it should be!  We experience daily "lessons" that teach us about life, love, and faith.  While I am puttering around NYC this morning, and attending classes later in the day, I wish for you a day filled with joy and endless possibilities.