1942
Consider this early encounter at Rick’s Café Americain…
Ilsa I wasn’t sure you were the same. Let’s see, the last time we met…
Rick It was “La Belle Aurore.”
Ilsa How nice. You remembered. But of course, that was the day the Germans marched into town.
Rick Not an easy day to forget.
Ilsa No.
Rick I remember every detail. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue.
Ilsa Yes. I put that dress away. When the Germans march out, I’ll wear it. again.
2021
A long-held view of the Church of the Open Road is simply this: Many things in life can be related to one scene or another from the film Casablanca.
In keeping with this belief, the “church” not offering a misty-eyed holiday tale or recapitulation of the family year in review. Rather, this year, we submit simply the hope that in our country, one day soon, the seeds of representative democracy will again be nourished to grow and bear their luscious fruit; that our great experiment in self-governance will revive itself and again flourish; and that Ilsa Lund will feel compelled, once again, to wear that blue dress.
Only together can we ensure that this will indeed happen as time goes by…
© 2021
Church of the Open Road Press
That strikes right to the heart of the matter. Thanks. If I had a blue dress I'd save it for an appropriate moment; maybe the expansion of the Supreme Court! Or even the passage of "Build Back Better".
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