Hello, Readers.
Almost a week has passed
since our Taylor Swift Eras tour concert
in Pittsburgh (night 2).
We still aren't over it.
In fact,
I hung our tour jackets in our entryway,
so we can see them every time we walk into
the Lamp Post.
Well--our three jackets
and my donkey bag from the Farm Animal Sanctuary,
to be exact.
They are reminders of the most spectacular events
of the summer--
and we haven't even it the Fourth of July yet!
73,117 Swifties
and thousands more outside the stadium
and in boats on the river,
greeted Taylor with a home-state welcome.
Taylor Swift is originally from Reading, PA.
Acrisure Stadium,
home of the Pittsburgh Steelers,
usually glows gold.
When the Swifties took it over,
it glowed pink--
and actually sparkled.
Swifties came dressed to the nines
in sparkles,
sequins,
and fringe.
The stadium
and its enormity,
is what still sits with me one week later--
73,000 people just like me
and my gals.
The girl in the black hat is Kaley,
Ellen's college roommate.
The tall gal is Maddie,
a high school bestie
and Swiftie kindred spirit.
No girl was shy on sparkle.
The largest demographic
of my bracelet-wearing concert goers
were the 20-something females.
There were lots of moms,
and we were thrilled to watch
the next-gen fans--
little gals 10 years old and under.
Everyone sang
every word,
to every
single
song.
44 of them
performed right in a row.
Everything about the Eras Tour was impressive.
The fans were outstanding--
patient,
compliant,
and 100% absorbed in the performance.
Taylor had herself a captive audience.
Ellen got the black hoodie
and Natalie got this t-shirt.
Here she is at the Erie Zoo,
wearing it days after the concert.
She wears it.
We wash it.
She finds it and puts it on again.
We've been working through the post-tour hangover.
Swifties do not drink to excess--
it would dull our sparkle.
The flatness we experienced
is the I can't believe it's over feeling.
We scroll social media
and share photos and videos
from the night.
Eloise has become very interested
in Taylor Swift's songwriting.
She is a masterful lyricist.
Taylor reminds me of Dolly Parton
when she speaks of her songwriting.
Here's what Taylor has to say:
And here's Dolly--
I highly recommend the book, too,
especially in audio book format
as Dolly narrates it.
The positive energy in Pittsburgh that night
is something that
I'll never
ever
forget.
When I looked up the word stadium,
as I often do before I write a blog,
I had forgotten about the second definition--
one from the sciences:
(biology) stadium: a life stage of an organism. (pathology) stage; phase.
The Lamp Posters are in the phase
of high school sports.
Sam is playing Junior Legion baseball this summer,
and his friends showed up to watch Sam's
team pull off a win against a very good Millcreek team.
We are also in the stage of
saving the bees and butterflies.
I even have my parents expanding
their butterfly garden.
The Lamp Posters are in the full summer phase,
with the cabin as the top place to visit.
If I had any type of musical ability
I'd be a songteller
like Dolly and Taylor.
But music APPRECIATION
is the only thing the Good Lord gave me,
so my songs are in the form
of short,
centered paragraphs,
interspersed with snapshots.
Have a great weekend!
Eloise
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