How exactly did I get into this? I agreed to give a lecture entitled "The Artist in the Garden."
As the day drew near I was asked to bring slides...now that's a whole 'nother animal.
I used to give slide presentations frequently but not recently. Where was the projector? Where the slides? I didn't really need any slides to be entertaining for 30 minutes. I'm a ham is what I am and once in front of an audience I can embellish any subject matter with self-deprecating stories while driving home a few important lessons.
Nevertheless, I had to at least try to find everything so I asked for prayer yesterday. Sure enough, Dick found the projector. But no slides.
I looked everywhere I could think of but went to bed without finding them. I awoke this morning with the certain knowledge that the slides were in the bottom decorative hatbox in the living room. It was. PTL!
Now I was golden! Right? After breakfast I plugged in the projector, turned on the power. loaded a tray of slides , and ......nothing. The tray wouldn't advance, nor retreat.
So I called the store where I had purchased the projector and explained that I had to show the slides at noon. What to do? Come right in and "Kenney" would help.
Well, I was still in my bathrobe. You never saw me move any faster...a dab of hairspray, a flick of powder and lipstick, pulled on slacks and sweater etc. gathered purse, checkbook, driver's license...everything but the address of my appointment.
. . I dashed to the photographer's store, he fixed the machine and I was off to find a phone book, hopefully at Starbuck's, so I could gulp a latte while looking up the address.
That mission accomplished, I left Starbuck's and discovered that I had locked my keys in the car. I leaned up against it and it began to roll backwards! Two young men jumped up and stopped the car, loaned me their phone to call home for another key.
So I am finally on my way. There's more to tell, but I'm tired of it all now.
The talk was a BIG hit, the audience was packed///every seat taken. Received enough compliments to last a long time. Also got paid. Now I can buy a new easel!
