The New York City High Line -- to be Presented to our UU Congregation this Sunday

Learning about the NYC High Line would have made an excellent summer program at UUBN but the powers that be asked me to plan a regular Sunday service!  As you know, I am spiritually attached to this most remarkable reclamation project.  Uncle Jan introduced me to the High Line in 2010 a year after it opened, and I walked it last April and again last November with Laurie.  The last section, the Rail Yards, are planned to open this summer.  Wish I knew how to embed my PowerPoint into the blog -- there are ways to do this but it's too complicated.  You may be interested in going back to a post in November.  The High Line website contains information about every facet of The High Line.   www.thehighline.org or merely google the High Line. 

Oxallis tuberosa

A most interesting plant that is easy to find  in most supermarkets around St. Patrick's Day because  the leaves resemble shamrocks.  The leaves fold up at night and open in the day.

The Angeli Symphony Composed by Stuart J. Sharp

Snap Judgement, the podcast hosted by Glynn Washington is new to my podcast list.  This episode  is about a man who lost a newborn son named Ben. The evening of Ben's funeral, the bereaved father, Stuart Sharp, had a vision and heard astoundingly beautiful music, a symphony!   He saw Ben's body rise and an Angel came down and gave Stuart a gift, the gift of strength to pursue the vision.  He is not a religious man.

Without any musical training, he left his family, divorced his wife and moved from Leicester to London to pursue the vision.  It took many, many years.  At one point he was homeless. 

From the dissonant beginning to the lyrical resolution at the end, you may listen to a portion of the piece here.

Click on the 4th icon, the one about The Angeli Symphony to learn about Stuart's journey.

This is the first time in history the musicians in The London Philharmonia stood to give a composer a standing ovation.