at lunch the other day I passed through the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall
could not help myself but to hang with a few people and their Ukes
this guy's dad played a song that must have been a Hawaiian Folk song
he and his sister sang
it was nothing short of beautiful
then I asked if he could play... with his father waving me off as I asked if he knew the "Mario theme"
sorry... it is 2013
and the kid younger than him and his sister was glued to her iPad
and the kid younger than him and his sister was glued to her iPad
so I figured such things were not off his radar
he played another folk song where everyone sang along
the sister... the father... and a woman doing some clean up a few steps away
it was a nice way to spend my lunch
was pleased to pass the family waiting for a shuttle bus as I rode my bike home
gave them a hearty hello as I pedaled past