Letters from Lightstone: Pausing for a Moment

Marilyn writes to friends Gail and Jean about the rich culture and sounds of Israel.

Part 12:

Dear Gail,

Thanks again for helping me get my travel documents ready for my trip to Israel. When one’s printer is down, what else can a girl do but rely on the kindness of friends.

You certainly had more than enough on your plate helping Moses get ready for ideacity, which I hear was AMAAAAAZING!

We arrived in Tel Aviv just as everyone was preparing for the Sabbath and the Carmel Market was hopping with both tourists looking for souvenirs (of which there seemed to be an enormous choice, sold by the very artisans who had created them), and the good folk of Tel Aviv buying food and flowers for their Sabbath tables.

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Part 13:

Dear Jean,

Everyone who listens to you (and Mike Duncan) on Good Day GTA on classical 96.3fm knows that you are an opera singer as well as a radio host.

That’s why I had you uppermost in mind when I was given a behind-the-scenes visit to the Opera House here in Tel Aviv.

Though not an opera singer myself, it was still something of a trip down memory lane as it reminded me so much of the large theatres in which I used to perform years ago.à

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Marilyn Lightstone is the host of the nightly radio seriesNocturneon the New Classical 96.3 (a ZoomerMedia property).