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There was a knock on the front door Saturday afternoon.  A woman who said she lived in Quadrille was driving down our street and saw a guinea fowl.  Knowing that we had guineas, she stopped to let us know one was at large.  It was across the street on the  Mock place when I saw it and it immediately went around the fence on to the Elliot place.  I herded it toward the street thinking I would get it onto SA through our gate.  Once it crossed the street, though, it seemed to recognize where it was and headed down the fence line to the 2005 driveway.  After a few back and forths it made it through/under the gate and seemed very glad to be home.  Joyce was just as glad and offered it some stale bread, a favorite of the wanderer. No doubt it kept the chickens spellbound that night in the chicken house with tales of its adventure.

Sunday we enjoyed an evening performance of Christmas in the Hood 2016 by The Hood Mass Choir at the Globe News Center. While enjoying our Saturday bagel we overheard conversation about the performance and thought it sounded interesting. Joyce phoned her buddy Phyllis who thought it would be something she and Gary would like to attend so we did. Donnell Hill led the choir while playing the piano and keyboard. They put on quite a performance and there was the usual audience participation. One of the high points was a rendition of Silent Night arranged by the Temptations. There were between 40 and 50 people in the choir, about 25% men. It was the men who go by the Hood Mass Men Ensemble who performed that number. There were a number of other soloists and all could really belt it out. It was well worth the price of admission which was only $5. When we went to the ticket window to get tickets, we were handed four tickets that had been previously purchased but someone had just returned because they couldn’t attend. There was a no-refund policy and, since the tickets had already been paid for, we weren’t charged.  Merry Christmas. Continue reading “Hood mass” →