Sing-along Café Thursday, May 21st, 2026

It was a lovely afternoon in lovely company!

With only 2 of us there, we did a lot of talking, and even looked at my vacation photos on the big screen. We nibbled on carrot and cucumber sticks, and left the banana muffins for my family to enjoy. We noted that veggies are so much more delicious when somebody else peels and cuts them, something I'm happy to do. Fruit is kind of the same. Sections of oranges, slices of apples, balls of cantelope to pop in your mouth, all better because they come with care.

Our theme was Flying and Sailing, and we both had good memories to share, and reminisced about all kinds of things that the songs inspired, including slow dancing.

There is a feeling of freedom, of being carefree, when you're moving over a body of water with wind and waves and lots of sky above. It's a weird and wonderful privilege to be on a sailboat, or a tour boat like I was on recently. Flying in an airplane too is really extraordinary and astonishing when you think about it. We talked about the astronauts on the Artemis II mission last month-how wonderful they are. One imagines birds flying and fish swimming must feel almost weightless and free to move quickly and easily, gliding through the air or water. We talk about the weight of our worries, and the heaviness of being tied down by responsibilities. Maybe that's why flying and sailing feel like freedom.

We're going to do this theme again next week. There's lots of music to sing, and there are lots of ideas to explore on this theme.

Here's a list of some of the songs we sang and listened to:

Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas
Cool Change by Little River Band
Reminiscing by Little River Band
Leaving on a Jet Plane by John Denver
Fly Away by John Denver
Islands in the Stream by Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
Rio by Duran Duran
Rocket Man by Elton John
Sail On by the Commodores

Feeling fabulous and carefree on a boat tour in Tobermory

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