I auditioned and was cast in a play by a local theatre.
It’s “Sylvia” by AR Gurney and I’ve had a wonderful time, not having done theater since the - ahem - 1990s. It rekindled a passion for acting that I thought was done for, but I’ve really enjoyed doing it. It’s been great therapy to work with people and totally focus on making something together.
Ever since I was a teenager I’ve really been intrigued by Post-Apocalyptic stories, and I’ve read most of the big well known stuff at this point and am enjoying finding hidden gems. One recently is an old out of print novel called “No Blade of Grass” by John Christopher
Related is praise to quality USED bookstores. Too many used bookstores near me are glorified goodwills. Which, is fine, but a good used bookstore with wide selection? Unbeatable
I'm a busy editor right now, too, but I enjoyed reading Sex of the Midwest by Robyn Ryle. It's a novel in linked stories. Made me laugh, fume a bit, and shake my head a few times.
I'm turning to casseroles again as the temps drop here in Washington state. Got three meals out of a chicken/veggies/rice & stewed tomatoes. Cooked for hours in my Wonderbag while we sailed!
I'm back to Middlemarch (plan to finish this year), am in the middle of Alice (about Alice Roosevelt Longworth by Stacy Cordery), and am slowly re-reading Wendell Berry's This Day poems.
You're in Duluth! I'm in Madison and have always wanted to go up there but have yet to. Apologies!
Having just visited the UP for the first time, I'm very much into the Great Lakes. Currently reading Jerry Dennis's "The Living Great Lakes" while listening to Gordon Lightfoot croon about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Reading a Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara right now. Fantastic read but it's screwing me up a bit. haha. Also reading Eric Foner's, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. Great read and very timely!
After fleeing the states to London, we are spending time each weekend exploring this great city. We've also planned a trip to Krakow, Poland at the end of October. My wife is polish and had ancestors that died in the holocaust and wants to visit Auschwitz.
I'm getting back into shape on the organ. I've agreed to sub at a local church for a series of five Sundays this fall, and I have some work to do learning new rep and preparing more interesting registrations than I'd normally do for a one-off Sunday. It should be fun! I've got lots of practice ahead of me, though...
I've gotten back into origami. I've forgotten how much it relaxes me. Also drawing and, of course, writing. Got George Saunders' first collection half way through, and then I'm aiming for a book on the history of the notebook.
I’m en route to Maine for a week and then a tour of Nova Scotia. I brought along A Midwife’s Tale which is a biography of Martha Ballard who is the heroine of the novel The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. Luckily, the book takes place in Maine! Just finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. An amazing book dealing with so many themes that I haven’t completely processed. Highly recommend it.
I've been listening to audiobooks while working. St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton, Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, Orphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein, and The Searchers by Alan La May are a few I've finished recently.
I'm writing a review of Leif Enger's "I Cheerfully Refuse" (a book you wrote about here). It's part of a larger project - I've been noticing a Great Lakes Apocalypse trend, which seems to have taken off in the last few years. It's an intriguing development.
Also reading Stendhal's "The Red and the Black," part of catching up on some 19th-c. essentials I've missed thus far.
I’m really enjoying Joan of Ark by Mark Twain. It’s fantastic!
Nice! I haven’t read that one yet myself.
I auditioned and was cast in a play by a local theatre.
It’s “Sylvia” by AR Gurney and I’ve had a wonderful time, not having done theater since the - ahem - 1990s. It rekindled a passion for acting that I thought was done for, but I’ve really enjoyed doing it. It’s been great therapy to work with people and totally focus on making something together.
Oh that’s so fun! Good luck!
Thanks! One week of shows behind us and folks seem to like the show. We close this weekend but I’m already eyeing other auditions
Ever since I was a teenager I’ve really been intrigued by Post-Apocalyptic stories, and I’ve read most of the big well known stuff at this point and am enjoying finding hidden gems. One recently is an old out of print novel called “No Blade of Grass” by John Christopher
Super enjoyed it
Ooo, also a genre I love! Haven’t heard of that one so I’ll definitely check it out.
Related is praise to quality USED bookstores. Too many used bookstores near me are glorified goodwills. Which, is fine, but a good used bookstore with wide selection? Unbeatable
I'm a busy editor right now, too, but I enjoyed reading Sex of the Midwest by Robyn Ryle. It's a novel in linked stories. Made me laugh, fume a bit, and shake my head a few times.
I'm turning to casseroles again as the temps drop here in Washington state. Got three meals out of a chicken/veggies/rice & stewed tomatoes. Cooked for hours in my Wonderbag while we sailed!
I'm back to Middlemarch (plan to finish this year), am in the middle of Alice (about Alice Roosevelt Longworth by Stacy Cordery), and am slowly re-reading Wendell Berry's This Day poems.
Just picked up and read 4 books by Joe Ide , a new author for me to read
You're in Duluth! I'm in Madison and have always wanted to go up there but have yet to. Apologies!
Having just visited the UP for the first time, I'm very much into the Great Lakes. Currently reading Jerry Dennis's "The Living Great Lakes" while listening to Gordon Lightfoot croon about the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Reading a Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara right now. Fantastic read but it's screwing me up a bit. haha. Also reading Eric Foner's, The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution. Great read and very timely!
After fleeing the states to London, we are spending time each weekend exploring this great city. We've also planned a trip to Krakow, Poland at the end of October. My wife is polish and had ancestors that died in the holocaust and wants to visit Auschwitz.
I'm getting back into shape on the organ. I've agreed to sub at a local church for a series of five Sundays this fall, and I have some work to do learning new rep and preparing more interesting registrations than I'd normally do for a one-off Sunday. It should be fun! I've got lots of practice ahead of me, though...
I've gotten back into origami. I've forgotten how much it relaxes me. Also drawing and, of course, writing. Got George Saunders' first collection half way through, and then I'm aiming for a book on the history of the notebook.
I’m en route to Maine for a week and then a tour of Nova Scotia. I brought along A Midwife’s Tale which is a biography of Martha Ballard who is the heroine of the novel The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. Luckily, the book takes place in Maine! Just finished The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. An amazing book dealing with so many themes that I haven’t completely processed. Highly recommend it.
I've been listening to audiobooks while working. St. Francis of Assisi by G. K. Chesterton, Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, Orphans of the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein, and The Searchers by Alan La May are a few I've finished recently.
I'm writing a review of Leif Enger's "I Cheerfully Refuse" (a book you wrote about here). It's part of a larger project - I've been noticing a Great Lakes Apocalypse trend, which seems to have taken off in the last few years. It's an intriguing development.
Also reading Stendhal's "The Red and the Black," part of catching up on some 19th-c. essentials I've missed thus far.