To be honest, I had hoped it was going to be a quiet Saturday, despite all of ongoing disruptions this week. I made my way down to the town square just outside the Willey Clocktower to see Nanako Yakamoto play her cello and saw she was going to perform Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C, which is not a piece of music I am familiar with, so was delighted to hear something new. Everyone was sitting in these metal folding chairs and I thought how beautiful it was, all these people, sitting in there joined together in silence and community and how magical the beginning of a concert was, the feeling that anything could happen.

And then.

And then there was the melody from the Willey Clocktower at noon followed by a frightening clang and I turned and got a feeling something terrible was about to happen.

And then it really did.

I have seen some things over the last year in this town but nothing like this.

As of now, please stay clear of the Willey Clocktower and the town square until further notice.