Bentely Meeker's Immaculate Refraction Blues: Saturday, March 30th!

Hi Wild Bill! Thanks for the tip on the bike light. I plan to see if they are available here in town. Although I have a number of rechargeable front lights I don't have such a powerful rear light. I assume you received a similar message from Hazel:

Thank you Patrick! We have reserved you a Premium table of 2 for Michael Kaeshammer on July 12th !Rest assured we have assigned you the Best Possible Table at the time your reservation came through. Dinner and bar service available, doors at 6 and show at 8 pm SHARP. The Table is yours from 6pm on.If you intend on dining with us please arrive between 6 and 6:45pm, we serve 110 people in the short window before showtime. Coming early helps us finish service before the music and gives you the best possible experience!. If you are not dining with us prior to the show, we ask that you arrive no later than 7:45 pm to be settled at your table. Hazel

Where are you and Denise staying? Over the next little while let us know what your plans are for your stay and we can make arrangements to get together over that time. Of course, you're more than welcome to stay with us before and/or after your booked accommodation, although if you wish luxury, sheer luxury, we can arrange, at little extra cost, for you to stay in Sendero Canyon with Chloë!


For our part, we are off to the Dream on Sunday to hear Ben Caplan with Geoff Berner. Have not heard Ben before but really like Geoff and as have seen him a number of times at the Folk Fest. Lady Darjeeling just left for a church leadership seminar for much of today. I'll ride my stationary bike, [up to 90 minutes as of this writing], before lunch so that I can have a shower before she returns, over the lunch break, to help me dress and put my sling on. I plan to walk to the Penticton Art Gallery to take in a talk by Bentely Meeker, a New York contemporary artist and lighting designer, on his exhibition, Immaculate Refraction. According to the brochure he uses "light as a means to convert physical spaces into illuminating works of art." Simply gorgeous day here so looking forward to walking along Penticton Creek for much of the way to the gallery. All the best from the Go Green Solar Panel Farm on Burns Street. Cheers, Patrizzio!

Happy belated St Patrick's Day Dunners! Hope you and your family are well. Still playing dubs with PB and China among others...Cheers Peps  Hi Pepperoni Kid! Pleased you enjoyed the card but even more pleased to hear that you've got the China Clipper and The Bourne Identity on the doubles court. Does China still whine as much as he did when on Team II and his place in the lineup? Give everyone my fond regards. Who knows, I might be back on the doubles court myself as I underwent to complete right shoulder replacement on March 12th. Very pleased to report that all went exceptionally well and the only painkillers I need to take consist of wine and single malt! Those, in fact, are not needed for my shoulder but rather in order to be able to put up with Nurse Ratched, also known as Lady Darjeeling. I saw my specialist a little more than a week ago and he was very pleased with everything. Had the staples removed this past Monday and can now shower without a plastic bag taped over my shoulder. [Lady Dar wanted to put it over my head!]

Must away my as I'm off to a talk at the art gallery. Absolutely gorgeous day so looking forward to strolling along the walkway beside Penticton Creek. Fond Fondestos from Masochistic Lady Dar to you and Linda. Stay well. Come and visit us in the Okanagan. We'll be the pickleball champs of Penticton! Raymondo and Mick the Hearse are playing same at Dunbar. We spit on the Limeys!

Bentely's talk was simply incredible. He is a remarkable individual, extremely, extremely well spoken and wonderfully self-deprecative, especially given his commercial and artistic success. For him, his light exhibitions are a way of trying to understand how light, in all its different forms, natural and electric, affects us and our behaviour, both physiologically, psychologically and spiritually. Funnily enough I bumped into Debbie Zabarsky, a fellow owner at Harbour Terrace, up to stay in a family home here in town, for a week or so. We both agreed that the PAG is quite remarkable for the exceptional shows and exhibitions it mounts, given and/or in spite of the size of the city. Lady Dar joined me after her seminar was over and we toured the exhibition together, before going home. With dinner we watched The Highwaymen, with Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson, the true tale of the two Texas Rangers who chased down Bonnie and Clyde as seen from their perspective. I am a fan of Woody so I enjoyed the biopic even if it was pretty predictable, aside from knowing the murderous ending, iconocized by Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty. 
 
Hello Fartograms, This Monday on April 1 we will conquer Papa Gerry (officially Mount Nkwala) under the capable leadership of Okanagan Trekker Dave Snyder!
As usual we will meet at 9:00AM at the Home Hardware in Penticton. All of the Summerlanders will need to meet at the IGA at 8:40AM, then carpool their way to Penticton. We will then all drive to Jim Bryans house where Dave will wait for us to, in his own words, "herd the Mt. Goats to the top". Should be a great day Monday See you there! Aarturos