in a wonderful wrap up to the Crimecon conference

who should pick me up at my hotel

but blogger writer/poet friend

Sarah Russell

https://sarahrussellpoetry.net

who I had never met in person before

but felt like I’ve known forever

from reading and commenting back and forth

over the years

sarah and her husband roy

created a lovely zen garden waterfall dinner and dessert

and wine and good company evening for me,

complete with chauffeur service

wonderful all around.

 then of course

in the very early morning hours after

at the airport

that darn coffee place

still could not quite

make out who I was

and  I knew i was home.

—

‘curtain! fast music! light! ready for the last finale! great! the show looks good, the show looks good!’

-florenz ziegfeld

*Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies, inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris.