It was a beautiful Labor Day weekend in Boston to mark the end of the summer season. The Professor World Band was out in force in the Public Gardens with many people of all ages shapes and sizes stepping up to join the band and make the hoola hoops go round and round.
All in all it was a pretty good busking season. The world really needs the peace waves these days! The beginning of summer was a bit slow. There’s been a noticeable drop in foreign tourism so it hasn’t been quite as busy as last year. And it rained almost every weekend for 14 straight weeks in Boston but the weather has turned and once again we’re in drought conditions. The temperature last weekend was pretty cool; just about ideal for busking although a return to summer heat is predicted for this weekend. I’m looking forward to the fall which brings much more comfortable busking conditions.
The painting pictured above was given to me this weekend by an Asian foreign exchange student. She told me that when first got to the US she was feeling alone and isolated. Then one day she came across the Professor World Band playing in the Public Gardens with lots of folks joining in and making peace waves together she suddenly felt joyful and happy again . She was so inspired that she made this painting of me and gave me a framed copy last weekend. It now hangs proudly in my living room to remind myself, even when times are tough, the work that the Professor World Band is doing is very important and brings lots of joy to the world.
