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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

In the thick of it now...

Two long rehearsal nights in a row... sitting through the stage-set development, the three parts of the anthology, being observer mostly... getting newly acquainted and better acquainted with the two dozen or so participants... Last night, one of the gals who I know well enough to like her very much as a more than usually decent human being, responded to my How are you today? with a very honest, Not that good. She's very stressed and approaching overwhelmed--or feeling that way--not only because... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 8, 2015

Drop the waist...

...or make it look like you did. The HPLovecraft production Charlie is in is set in the late 20s. The costumer is new and young and I guess it didn't occur to her to crack a book, or go online to research the styles of the 1920s. She just toured the thrift stores and came back with... stuff. The stage manager who wrote one of the three plays in the production, and came to me to read and edit, asked me to take a look at the selected costumery. She knows I have done costuming for theater, used to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

In training...

It is just about 700 paces, once around one of our unsymmetrical blocks, and briskly walking, that's about 15 minutes. I'd have gone further but it is cold out there, just a little above freezing. A grocery store trip involves more paces and more time, but it isn't what I can call brisk walking, that. Mall walking is warmer, but the atmosphere isn't as nice. If you saw my Travelblogue post today, you know what I am 'in training' for. In other news... Charlie's show that he's been helping create... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, March 1, 2015

Busy Busy!

The past several days I've spent in the dusty old photo archives rediscovering, polishing and refining... all to add my best shots to http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/cl-redding.html and the response, by visitors to each photo that goes up, is very encouraging. I in turn encourage you to visit there, not just for my images, but to see some of the really fine art that's displayed there! You might want to post a few of your own best creations. There could be pennies in it! Speaking of pennies,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Here is something new...

... for artists to present their work to the demographic that can pay well for creativity: http://fineartamerica.com I am posting there now, we will see what happens. If you visit the site, search 'artists' for CL Redding, or find me on Facebook where the pictures are also going up as I post them. Clicking on the photo there will take you to my corner of the site. Or, this will get you started: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/rio-blanco-country-cl-redding.html If you like the site, even if... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

I watched four episodes of The British Bake-off today

and was struck by how nice all the contestants are. Very different from the ones we get in American 'reality' shows. Then my English son-in-law told me about the one big melt-down (literally) in the Baked Alaska episode. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/.../Great-British-Bake-Off... The moral to that is: Keep an eye on the Sweet Old Thing and use your own damn freezer! *glances around and winks at all the Sweet Old Things in the immediate vicinity* Then I went out in the kitchen and reinvented donuts.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 22, 2015

Sometimes, English needs more words.

Well, I said we were promised a meter of snow. That was back when I was misunderestimating the meter which, as it happens, is something larger than a yard, not smaller. Doh! In fact, the snow fills the yard, but is still well under a foot. It is under my foot when I step out to add seed to the bird-feeder. I suppose I could look at a snow meter to determine how many feet the snow has. Of inches, at the moment, between 9 and 10 in the morning, I would say, between 5 and 6. Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 21, 2015

Later the same day...

Well, the snow came at last, and now it is falling sideways, so thick the other side of the street could be sneaking away, for all I can tell. If it keeps up at this pace, we will indeed have it in feet rather than inches! Some little round birds, mostly black with a dull orange 'saddle' on the back, have been bouncing around in the snow that has buried the bird seed dishes. I hung out a new one today, a feeder with a little roof, but it is by no means snow-proof. CCT is right, of course: I'd... Sign in to see full entry.

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They said...

we could expect as much as a meter of snow this weekend. We rushed out, along with just about everyone else, making sure to have basics in the pantry and candles if the lights go out, and charcoal (to be used in the open garage) if the stove and microwave goes out. The fridge shutting down is no problem, with all of outdoors below freezing. We found things sold out at the big grocery store: no celery, no diet coke, no pull-date bread... We could see what people want and don't care about when the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

It is sunny again today

and the air is balmy. The water runs off the roof in a quietly persistant cascade as the snows from the other day melt. The forecasters promise that by tomorrow night, it will be snowing again, and go on through the weekend. YoYo weather! I discovered Library 21c today: a public library that has spaces for gaming, creative work, performance... and tools that the public can access for printing, even 3-D printing for a nominal fee. 21c refers to 21st Century. It has books, too--and a used book... Sign in to see full entry.

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I'm doubtful the events of my life will be of great general interest, but I'd like to share a little more of me to the several of you on Blogit I've come to feel are real friends, and the many I imagine are potentially real friends. We'll see how it works out. ______________________ all my words and images posted on Blogit are copyright 2005-present, all rights reserved.

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