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Had a lovely afternoon with Mrs. Burns and her father, attending a production of Quilters at the Ghent Playhouse. I see looking at this description that the play opened on Broadway in 1985 and received six Tony nominations. The Ghent production was probably a little smaller, but enthusiastically done by the cast of women, backed up by a small ensemble.

After, as we were leaving, two of the actresses walked by me. I thanked the first for a quite enjoyable time. The second one thanked ME for smiling widely the whole time – apparently she was quite encouraged. Hey, what’s not to like when you roll a whole group of songs, a bunch of women and a good heap of quilting lore into a couple of hours?

Then I treated myself to a dinner at a local “Super Buffet” which is mostly Chinese food with a lot of seafood (which I don’t eat) and a goodly array of nice simple desserts – mostly good fresh fruit (strawberries melons, bananas, cookies and the like. Since Gail had returned some quilting books I’d loaned her, I reacquinted myself with a Ruth McDowell book over dinner and hot tea. Got to feel virtuous too since my dinner was mostly veggies and fruits. OK, a few wings, a dumpling, some hot and sour soup and a couple of macaroons too.