At a Darien Men’s Association event last spring John won tickets for the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra’s 87th Season. We’d never been to any performances in the Norwalk Concert Hall, which was formerly the Norwalk City Hall. It is a beautiful space with perfect acoustics. The Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 in B minor, Op.74 “Pathetique” was great! And so was Sirena Huang’s playing of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35. Connecticut, October 2026
 Why do good people suffer? Previously we studied Job in a Bible study at St. John Church in Darien. Now we are discussing “Salvifici Doloris”, Pope John Paul ll’s Apostolic Letter on the Christian Meaning of Human Suffering, which he wrote two years after he was shot. Connecticut, October 2026
 
We remembered a friend at a service of Thanksgiving for his life held at Noroton Presbyterian Church in Darien. He was an artist and several of his paintings were on display. And his use of bold colors was replicated in a huge bouquet of fall flowers. Connecticut, October 2026
If we had been the judges for the Halloween decorations, this would have won first prize. We don’t know what those purple creatures are - and what they were doing in this home in Rowayton. But it was better to see them than skeletons - which may have been of people who did not have happy deaths. Connecticut, October 2026
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