Given our questionable vehicle-luck on the tour so far, we were a little intimidated by the downpour that accompanied us from Newburgh NY to Natick MA yesterday. It was a steady, driving rain - The kind that occasionally engulfs the road ahead so that you have to drive under 40mph on the interstate if you want to see clearly.
But our quickly-diminishing collection of podcasts was good company, offering a bit of peace & distraction (the positive kind)... And even through that Corridor of Immense Traffic in Connecticut, all was refreshingly Well.
Miraculously, the rain stopped as soon as we pulled into The Center for Arts Natick, and we loaded our gear into the building sans soaking and said hello to some of the kindest folks around.
The Center for Arts Natick ("tCAN") is a beautiful converted firehouse... It's full of historic vibe, and the sound is amazing in the performance room. Lucy sound-checked with Billy Joel's "Goodnight My Angel" (which I hadn't heard in years and is as beautiful as I remembered,) and we took the time to settle in after the drive. We let our jaws drop at the amazing paintings newly-installed on the walls of the performance space, which were done by local high school students from Walnut Hill Art School. These are these stunning, deeply-emotional portraits that left us in disbelief about the young talent... And grateful for the art, which seemed ideal for the night's music.
And we couldn't have asked for a lovelier experience: A nearly sold-out show, the opportunity to play a beautiful (and beautifully-tuned) grand piano, a fabulous audience, and a fine artist to open for. So many thanks to tCAN and the crowd tonight-- We loved loved loved connecting with you.
The winding roads of Massachusetts have always enthralled us. The scenery is charming and mysterious in this altogether New England way, and we can't help ourselves. It often feels magical. One of these dark and tree-lined, spotted-with-lovely-cape-cods routes led us to our hotel last night.
And we may be easily-pleased these days, but we've found ourselves tonight in a lovely, clean, and safe place nestled against a couple rolling hills, and wow, that front desk guy was such a human being - absolutely kind. We're laying our heads down tonight with some deep breaths.
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