Dear Miss Blue,

On the stage with the most revered speaker, The Kingfish. How socially correct. You have followed his magnificent career from its humble beginnings there in the charming hamlet of Seymour to this moment in time - The Beloved High School Reunion. And all along you have joyfully laughed at the stories. Bringing to mind the lines, quoted off and on through the years(when appropriate) from a long ago poem - Laugh and the World laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

And now, Miss Blue, you can enter the Holy City knowing you and the Pope do as the Romans do.

Pearl, writing whilst listening to Turandot (Pavarotti & Sutherland) this lovely Saturday afternoon.