Midday In Moscow!

    WEDNESDAY, NOV 12TH.


   I found myself on assignment in
Moscow yesterday. Not the one in
the Kremlin. The one in Lackawanna
County.
    I accepted an invitation to speak
before the North Pocono Women's
Club.
   I left early to give myself plenty
of time to get there. That turned out
to be a very good idea when, in
spite of numerous visits to that
community, I realized I had taken a
wrong turn and was about five miles
away from the place I wanted to be!
   A quick correction got me back on
track and I found myself at the church
where the meeting was scheduled.
   I had forgotten the exact address.
But the big red door given to me as a
landmark was unmistakable.
   What I didn't know was .....it was
pointed out strictly as a landmark....
not as an entrance!
    The fact that it didn't actually
open, ten minutes before my scheduled
arrival time, was a little disconcerting.
     Being a "trained observer" I noticed
another entrance which, thankfully, was
unlocked. I used it and entered a very
large edifice which seemed to feature
long halls and unlabeled rooms
stretching ....who knows where and
how far.
     Fortunately a friendly church
secretary spotted me before I could get
myself lost in the maze and escorted me
downstairs to the meeting room, just in
time to get into the chow line!
     Women's clubs feature good home
made food.
     The speech......was easy!
      Hope you know your was around
and that all your NEWS is good!