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| We rarely travel to St. Louis without visiting Carol and Don
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| Since she is the only player, she must always put the bell down
where she expects to pick it up several measures later. The four of
us are pictured below. We have been trying to get them to
visit us in Silver Spring so she could play a concert for the folks
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And the picture left requires some explanation. On the way to
Phillipsburg, we stopped to buy a bottle of wine for Karen and also
bought a six pack of Guinness. Leaving the store, the disturbing
smell of burning rubber and the increasing temperature hinted that
our AC was failing. It was 97 outside. At Karen's, I decided to add
some water to the radiator since the temp looked rather high, and
after the engine cooled off, I opened the hood and added about two
quarts of water to what I thought was the cooling system. The cap
was right in front where they always are. Odd -- two quarts?
To my astonishment and embarrassment, I noticed I had added water to
the engine crankcase. The cooling tank was on the right! Of course, that required a morning tow and an
oil change before I even started the engine.
Next, a hot drive through Nebraska into Casper, WY,
only to find all the hotels filled. So, we stayed in Buffalo, WY.
That was a new Buffalo to us as well!
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Carol
was a percussionist in the Concordia Teachers College band, and over
the years, developed a fantastic facility to play the solo bells.
Here, she is performing one of her pieces with Don accompanying on
the piano. She is playing the piece she is mastering for this year.
(Children of the Heavenly Father, I think.) She tells us that the
hardest thing she must do is to choreograph the piece. 
