With my time in Brooklyn NY being colored in deep blue and purple hues of sadness from the Sheffield MA area, I feel grateful to have gotten through this week with a renewed sense of treasuring people and places in my life. It's not all rosy but I actually have people close to me with that name who travelled a few hours to see me and then scooted up to the hometown area to see Rip Van Winkle, a musical by Michael Berkeley at the Housatonic Valley Regional High School in Falls Village CT. I was fortunate to see one of the earlier presentations.