glorious

Eight attendees and several Times staffers gathered at the Elysian Park West Loop trailhead on a crisp but glorious morning.

With a glorious start to the meteorological spring, coming in like the proverbial lamb rather than lion, temperatures have risen thanks to increasingly mild air, boosted by plentiful sunshine and longer daylight hours.

This was a glorious night for the 'Four Bears' - the interim coaching team of former Rangers men led by Barry Ferguson - and a continuation of the surreality that surrounds this collection of players.

“Oh it was great. It featured an opera, finger sandwiches and a glorious reading from Shakespeare, the Bible and a wonderful musical interpretation of Bach.”

Not the glorious physical production, which creates a theatrical world unto its own in a manner evocative of an American Beckett.