Commun ty Matters Lawrence Presbyterian Manor
October 2016
‘What a wonderful world’ Louis Armstrong, with his oneof-a-kind gravely style, could get more out of a song than anyone. “I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world.” That song was a slow stroll through the day. It encouraged pausing to take it all in. The gift of reflection brings to focus the wonder of everyday moments. It highlights nature’s beauty. The trees are alive in fall colors. It’s not too hot and not too cold. I’m determined to take a scenic drive, soak in the beauty and say to myself, “What a wonderful world.” WONDERFUL, continued on page 2
Resident David Dinneen during one of the many picnics he had in France.
Memoir of a French picnic For our focus this month on dining, resident David Dinneen shared with us a favorite memory of the food he enjoyed during his many summer visits to France. Most summers from 1989 to 2006, my wife and I lived in a house we coowned with two friends in Kersel, a small village near the ocean on the south coast of Brittany, France. We had many great late-evening meals there (sunset was at midnight on June 21 and always very late) with fresh food from the market and fish and seafood directly from the fishing boats that docked at a small port nearby. I could be nostalgic about one of those multi-course meals; however, the memory I’d like to share is of a simple picnic lunch I prepared with the help of a tour bus driver, for the students on a trip I directed many times for the Summer Language Institute from the KU French Department. On the trip, we typically had a picnic lunch along the road, often in a pleasant setting PICNIC, continued on page 3