How to spend a Thursday afternoon
We are hectic and over scheduled people who allow work and other responsibilities to rule our lives. We take little time to step back, breathe and assess what is happening. Maybe there will come one day when an unexpected opportunity arises and we question whether we should tear ourselves away. Maybe we should take a step forward to do something that will bring us joy. Thus it was Thursday afternoon, June 6th, for me. A late morning e-mail from Gena Branscombe’s grandson, Roger Branscombe Phenix, said he wanted to go to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts to look through his grandmother’s music. Should he call or e-mail to let the Special Collections department know he was coming? In a return e-mail I explained you went to the third floor, requested the music and then waited to see it. An idea came to me, “Would you like me to go with you? I have some work to do with the collection.” The answer...