handel's messiah

 in the late afternoon i went to a performance of 'handel's messiah'. it was at a lutheran church in south minneapolis, st. john's. the building's interior reminded me a little of a church i attended for a little while as a kid, the 'un-united' presbyterian church. my family eventually defected to the other presby church across the street due to the squabbling, hence why i called it that name. i had a free ticket to attend, but it looked like there wasn't many seats left in the lower level when i arrived. only half of the pews were available, the other half-alternating pews- were taped off in the name of social distancing, a reminder of the times we live in. i asked about seating on the upper level, and was told it was available. i might have been too tired to have a full appreciation of the music being played, i don't know. but i know full well i liked it more when the audience stood up and helped sing the 'hallelujah chorus'. i have long said i liked the hymns more than the scriptures at church, because i like being an active participant. i was told it would be a shortened version, and it was about 90 minutes. i got a few pictures at the end of the show. then i went home and had the evening meal, the second half of the can of chicken bologna from family dollar. i don't see myself buying it again as it was too salty. i got a little farther on going through newspapers, and had to check why there wasn't a friday paper from late august 2016. as expected, that was during my visit to new york city, i checked my entries. 'the simpsons' was about fat tony being a godfather for maggie. later on i went on a walk and found 34 cents.