A Golden Moment

Noel Laflin

8-25-23

 

A weird thing happened when Tropical Storm Hillary passed through on Sunday, as our musical clock, which had been silent for way too long, came back to life in a surprising manner.

 

It's been a faithful clock, spewing out musical tunes every hour, on the hour, for nearly thirty years - until it just seemed to give up the ghost almost a year ago.

 

Nothing we tried could fix the problem so I figured the wiring was shot inside. It still kept time, as the pendulum kept a steady rhythm, but the little guys with golden hammers wouldn't rise, bells did not ring, and none of the six classical tunes would play.

 

But, as already noted, the much feared storm arrived, humidity rose, and out of the blue, so did the little guys with hammers, and presto, the music was back!

 

David and I both whooped with joy, just as Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring began to play.

 

It's the little things in life that give us joy, including little golden men and their little golden hammers banging out a little golden Bach.