Mental Sampler 29

About twelve years ago, I wrote about an electrician who brought his twins out to the house when he came out one night to fix the electricity in the house because he understood the night light situation. The four kids had an impromptu play date while their dad got our lights working.

We saw them from time to time over the years through the town baseball league, but we lost touch because they went to different schools.

We had a loose light switch toggle a few weeks ago, which felt like a fire hazard. We called two electricians — and the same guy was able to come out over the weekend. We got to hear an update about the kids, and it’s so funny to think about that random pyjamas-clad play date between the kids and how life turned out.

Sometimes, it’s nice to have a loose light switch toggle and get to hear the next part of the story.

*******

I learned about the musical Ride the Cyclone because our friend’s child sang a piece from it for a competition. I had never heard of it, despite it having a recent run nearby.

I listened to “The Ballad of Jane Doe” one time, and I found it stuck in my head. And a day later, I started listening to the album from the beginning to see if I would like the rest. And I quickly became obsessed with this show. Which is odd because musical theater is meant to be seen on the stage, but I was consuming it solely as a cast recording, having to imagine how it would look if it played out in front of me.

Have you heard it? And if not, start here:

Isn’t that haunting?

Apologies if it now gets stuck in your head, too.