Celebratory shenanigans, homeowner tomfoolery and a fair amount of French horn. Yeah, I'm 61 now. My main reaction was "oh, I guess I really am in my 60's". I'm a firm believer in the 'the older you are, the more days your birthday takes up". Birthday was Thursday, but I started on Tuesday. Since my …
Mid September
Title's not more descriptive because I've been just chugging through 'normal life', and that's wonderful. So nice not to have a huge project hanging over my head. Work (which is fine), life maintenance (which is fine), orchestral rehearsals (which are fun!), lining up fall holiday plans. I'm tackling little projects which have been sitting on …
Happy Anniversary
We got married on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend, 2014. This year, the anniversary was also on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend. Our eleventh, and fourth without him. That's right, our marriage didn't even make it to our eighth anniversary, and I'm still furious about that. Last year, since it was the 10th, …
Summer Wrap-Up
Yeah, so I've been home for two weeks. That first week was about the Bear Necessities, such as buying groceries and getting a haircut and a mani-pedi, and combing through a thousand emails and paying bills and so on. I knew this past week would be busier - I had houseguests coming in on Wednesday. …
Oh, by the way…
If you're not seeing the links I'm posting on FB or Bluesky, I am in fact doing day-by-day posts of my UK trip, after the fact. But they're back-dated, so they won't display at the top here. Just go to the beginning of August, you'll see them.
Welcome Home
Yeah, so I was traveling for four out of the last five weeks. Happy to be home, so happy. I guess I should do something about the completely empty fridge soon. Lunch yesterday was giving the new wings place across the street a try. Verdict - I'm about 40 years too old to be eating …
Pinazoo, Day 15 (Saturday): Over the Bright Blue Sea
My Manchester/JFK flight was 2:30, so working backward, it made sense to catch the 10:00 199 bus, and I had to be out of the cottage by then anyway. I'd sent a message to host Tiffany explaining to her what I was going to do as cleanup, and also apologizing that I'd broken the adorable …
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Pinazoo, Day 14 (Friday)
Oh yes, forgot a funny bit from late in the rehearsal process. So, as is typical G&S, once Captain Corcoran is revealed to be a common sailor (oh, fie!), he immediately starts talking in a lower-class accent. And then Josephine runs in, all upset, with "My father! A common sailor!". I logically inferred that maybe …
Pinazoo, Day 13 (SHOW DAY!)
So, this is how show day works at the Festival. As early as you can get in in the morning, everyone who can cart stuff loads in the costumes and props, and the sets (which are supplied by the festival) are loaded in and set up on stage. As soon as possible, the cast is …
Pinazoo, Days 11-12 (Tues, Wed)
Things get blurry now, and I didn't take good notes, but I do have the call sheets and some helpful hints from friends. Tuesday morning, we worked on large ensemble stuff while Rachel drilled The Bell Trio upstairs. (The Bell Trio was three verses and two encores and got funnier and funnier throughout. I'll post …
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