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Monday, January 11, 2016

Let's see if this link works...

https://www.facebook.com/VisionboxStudio/photos/a.1018337408209864.1073741850.133601393350141/1018382998205305/?type=3&theater These are the rehearsal photos posted on Facebook of THE WILD HUNT and include several of Charlie and the rest of the props/puppets team. After the show there was a party and Charlie walked "Eddie" around to meet people, and it was really funny how, when "Eddie" reached out his hand, people just about could help but shake hands with him. I only saw one guy cringe back.... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

...It's really just a glade with some trolls in it.

We are just back from Denver and tonight's culmination of the week-long intensive workshop of Bill Pullman's THE WILD HUNT. It wasn't a show really, but a showcase for donors and others to see how the project is coming along. It's coming along just fine! There will be pictures later of some of the puppets and props that Charlie had a hand in creating. It wasn't a situation where I could take pictures of the production but there were selfies with Bill. And there is Eddie. Eddie is the puppet who... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 8, 2016

Prompted by TAPS' post about Bad Boys...

and by yet another report in the news of a billionaire trying to buy the election of another totally unqualified Presidential candidate... When it seems inconceivable that anyone can be so utterly, obviously, shamelessly self-serving, it is time to rethink how we think other people think: what they want from life is not what we want from life, their priorities therefore are not the same as ours, and what they can justify to themselves is not what we consider justifiable. It is imperative that we... Sign in to see full entry.

Puppets on stage

It's snowing still, since yesterday afternoon, I see about 3 inches on the back porch rail. Plans to go out have stalled. Charlie has been in Denver all week, working on the WILD HUNT project with Bill Pullman, more specifically with Jack Pullman, Bill's son, who is in charge of props, masks, and puppets. Apparently puppets are a big part of this production. He got to check out a dino-puppet yesterday--not part of this show, but on the premises where they are working. By 'check out' I mean, he... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Household expansion!

Gerbils. The sisters, Crumpet and Alice, have taken up residence in a nice 10-gallon tank beside my chair here. In the tank are the box they came home in, much wood shaving, a bowl of water and a dish of seeds. The box is their house, for as long as it lasts. Busy, busy, busy! Crumpet was irresistable when I saw her in the pet store. She is tones of buff and greyish brown, the darker shades at each end, the light in the middle. And because there were four, and they are quite sociable creatures,... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, January 1, 2016

What a treat!

I do an open house with tasty food and drink on Jan 1, and there is no telling who will show up, or not... As it happens, today it was two of Charlie's friends: 3/4 of PITCHFORKS AND HAMMERHANDLES here, making music this afternoon, and that is so cool! Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, December 31, 2015

The pack is intact...

Charlie came home in time for us to have a belated Christmas morning this evening while listening to the radio station that plays all of Beethoven's symphonies on New Year's Eve, timed so that the Ode to Joy coincides with midnight. It's the Pastoral playing now. Davy is in Charlie's lap, blissed out. And unhappily, his housemate Rob who drives for Uber has had another accident. He isn't hurt, but the car is again going to be out of service until it gets repaired. I don't know the specifics yet,... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Thinking of English friends...

I hope you are warm and well above the high-water mark, and battened down all good and securely... The village of Whalley where I spent several weeks last spring is suffering under the winds and rains of repeated storms, and the rising of the River Calder that runs alongside, and has filled the streets and hollows... I look at images of the floods and know exactly where that's happening. First floors of homes and businesses have been inundated, Christmases drowned as decorations and presents... Sign in to see full entry.

Christmas lights

Finally, here's what Christmas looked like here. https://flic.kr/p/CbN5FJ There will be other photos of changes around the house, now I have gone back to my usual photo editing program. It isn't fancy, but it is better than the quicky versions that do everything on auto, and give you little room for discretionary changes, or leavings-the-same. Maybe I will eventually get comfortable with the fancier ones available through Windows 10, which were the main reason I bothered to upgrade--that, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, December 25, 2015

Christmas Dinner

The pheasant was filled with a stuffing of quinoa, dried apricot and dried fig bits, and cherries. I laid it in a casserole dish with Moroccan tangine sauce, covered and roasted for about an hour, then another hour uncovered. It was, in fact, pretty good! And though it was a fairly small bird, I only ate half of it, so there will be tasty seconds tomorrow! It's a funny thing--doing Christmas alone was my choice, and I'm fine with it, enjoyed it in my own way, only sharing with Davy Dog. But the... Sign in to see full entry.

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