As it is, I spent so much time reviewing and editing the old entries and generally setting the scene, I’m going to run out of library time before I can start the next part. So consider today a simple review and/or required reading for tomorrow’s concluding post (as with many of my stories, it takes a while to tell and building in some studying time can’t hurt).
Fire, Ice, and Hearts – A Valentine’s Banquet
Interlude: Catching Up on the Action
Music: “The Intermission” from Monty Python’s SpamalotNote: In the previous posts, I included a tongue-in-cheek summary of the previous events. Now, after over a month’s gap, these synopses are truly vital to the narrative.
Previously on Live Paradox: I agree to go to a Valentine’s Day celebration hosted by my church that will bring together several congregations in the area for “fellowship dinner.” Soon after arriving at the banquet hall, a friend and I are asked to look into a car problem (or more specifically, I nod a lot and provide a wind break as my friend doesn’t the serious tweaking). Killing time before the food is served, we work laboriously first to fix, and later – as all the wire tugging and rearranging do no noticeable improvement – we try to keep from further impairing the vehicle. Only later will we discover an important adjective was left out in our instructions.
Also previously on Live Paradox (though not at previously as the previous “previously”): Heading inside, and switching seats to be with other members of our church, my friend and I get a floor show from a set of three brothers. They are all a lively bunch, but one is particularly hopping with excitement/nerves. He has been convinced (emphasis on the “con”) by the pastor’s wife to play a trumpet solo for the crowd as part of the evenings entertainment; all the churches were to provide a couple different entertainers for the evening. Early in the program, the very first act in fact, the trumpeter turns pale as an elderly couple starts singing the song he had been rehearsing for weeks. Alternative acts are suggested, including an interpretive dance number, but he musician remains stressed as the evening progresses. Little does he know the turn that the dinner is about to take that will take the stress off him and re-direct it toward some other characters.
stay tuned for the rest of the story, which, in theory, should be related tomorrow…
