Irene, the hurricane, played havoc with Bo, the Electric Cow and her U.S-to-Dublin caretakers as they boarded the last plane out of Philadelphia August 27, 2011.
It was 9:30 pm Saturday that George and Kate (and 181 other passengers) boarded US Air flight 722 to Dublin. The cabin of the plane was still being cleaned when the anxious stewards rushed everyone onto the massive 727 with the words - "store your gear quickly folks as you get seated, we must take off as soon as possible if you want to get out of Philadelphia tonight!."Wind velocity topped 65 + mph as we taxied down the runway. A less than exciting, jarringly bouncy takeoff had all holding hands. After about an hour, all was quieted, and the rest of the flight rather pleasant.
The cow in our luggage finally relaxed.Angela (the Angel) and Ray welcomed us to Dublin Airport as we got started on another creative adventure with Bo Leictreach, The Green Play Festival, in County Offaly, Birr, Ireland.
We carried with us all the playwrights words from our Bethlehem Pa Green Play Festival, as well as the new plays by Irish writers about to have their works produced as rehearsed readings, hopefully swelling an air of urgency to world environmental concerns.
Kate, too, was ready for Bo's bell to resume its purpose !
GBM
