I am not grateful enough.

I am not grateful enough for my beautiful cats, friends and the good fortune that I have had despite myself.

Today's opera photos

It was a well-sung Magic Flute, except for the Queen and Sarastro. The boys found it romantic, but silly, hence their poses. Half way through, they went birdwatching in the kitchen window. They could still hear the broadcast, but it didn't command them the way AIDA did. Larry is Papageno, here and Bernie in his best, serious ROMANTIC Tamino.

The Cathills

A Passover and Easter Prayer

During this time in which we remember the sufferings of the past, let us look to alleviate the pain and eliminate the discrimination which people face at this moment in all parts of the globe. Next year, let there be no martyrs in Jerusalem, Beijing, Sierra Leone or in any great city or tiny hamlet this world over. In the names of the millions of people of all races and creeds who have died for what they have believed in over the centuries.