What a perfect Santa Fe day it was. Dinner with friends in their beautiful home near the Santa Fe Opera. Then we watched the sun set from the vantage point of the Crosby Theater while waiting for the performance of Verdi’s Falstaff to begin. It was a first-class performance as are all the productions of the SFO. We walked out of the opera house to a sky filled with stars. As we looked for the few constellations we know we were saying, “Why do we want to leave this place? It’s perfect.” Our conclusion is that everyone we’ve told about our impending move to Europe has thought it was an exciting idea, so now we have to do it so our friends won’t be disappointed. So, we’re just doing this for you guys.
I’m sure the sky will be filled with stars in our little rural Spanish village and there will be many opportunities for dinner with our Spanish friends. We won’t have a world-class opera company on our doorstep, but we can travel to all the rest of Europe without the huge expense of ever-increasing air fares. I’m sure there will be many perfect days there, but we may find ourselves homesick for the magic of Santa Fe.
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