Y'all, I went on a retreat this weekend to St. Meinrad Archabbey, and I had no idea that it was possible to live out The Sound of Music this close to home. This place is in the hills of Southern Indiana, and you would hardly expect it to look like the Austrian Alps, but the monastery was founded by a group of monks from Einseideln Abbey in Switzerland, and they built the place to look just like home. (Have any of y'all been there before -- Lola, maybe? Twinkle, one of these lovely summer days you and Baby Twinks should take a drive there and have a picnic.)
We came in from the parking lot over a little rise, and we were looking right at the great big church with the abbey behind it -- and the bells were ringing for Vespers. And we were late. And we were running across the courtyard. And of course I was singing "How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?" And to my horror and dismay, I discovered that two of the people with me for the retreat had no idea why. Two GIRL people. How on earth does an American girl grow into her mid-20s without seeing The Sound of Music? What is wrong with these people?
Now, I have to admit, these girls are rather younger than myself ... five to seven years younger, at least. But can it be that a deep abiding love for The Sound of Music stopped with Generation X? Did network TV stop running that movie when The Wonderful World of Disney went off the air? Was it quietly smothered by Nickelodeon? Say it isn't so. I have a chill just considering the possibility.
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