I’m cleaning out my bookshelves and finding that there are books to which I’m no longer attached, so those are going in “away” pile. But there are also books, which I love, that are in terrible shape. I have a copy of Louisa May Alcott’s The Old-Fashioned Girl (long one of my favorites) which is […]
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This is what I have on my agenda for the weekend. Arabian Nights scenic design Repair Kids on the Block puppets Pack house Design two websites Clean for new housemate’s arrival
While we’re on the wayback machine, I thought I’d share something I just found in the process of packing the house. A fable I wrote when I was 14 or 15. There are some other short stories in this folder, but this one makes me laugh. I have no memory of writing it. Once upon
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Sunday, October 11, 1998 Our day together started at 9:40am. Joe came to pick me up in the touring van and we drove to TOJ to do one last run-through of the “Brer Rabbit” part of the show. I was still shaky on some of the lines. Then it was off to Beaverton to set
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I just got the pdf galley proof of “For Solo Cello, op. 12” which will appear in the March/April issue of Cosmos. Pretty! Full page art! In color!
Internet Review of Science Fiction reviewed our autumn issue of Shimmer. Many thanks to all of our authors and artists and hearty congratulations to Silvia Moreno-Garcia, whose story “King of Sand and Stormy Seas” got a recommendation from Lois Tilton. A man’s life comes full circle as he returns to his origins. When he was
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Hey, I thought you might be interested in checking out my art in Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest‘s eighth issue. I illustrated “A Place of Snow Angels” by Matt Wallace. I say illustrated, this is almost all digital and the compositing of four different photographs. The largest is one I took of the glacial
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Thursday, October 8, 1998 We had planned on rehearsing yesterday, but spent the day doing errands or repairs instead. Today was much better. Joe and I both had meetings, but we were able to get some time in the evening to run the show all the way through. There are some rough spots, but most
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I have zero memory of this one. What makes me laugh about this is that right now I’m designing The Arabian Nights for McCarter Theater and they just finished building a show called Lookingglass Alice. Ah…when worlds collide. How did my fifteen year old self know? Sinbad’s Adventures in Lewis Carrol’s Land Sinbad was in
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The trouble with home improvements is that then you see all the other things that need doing that you could ignore before. The wallpaper in the guest room has always been bubbly. During the last year, while we were gone, it started actually peeling. I noticed this when I got home, but had so many
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You can see a video of the dog that Rob found last year, right before we went to Iceland, on Buster’s Blog. My dad adopted Buster and they seem to like each other. It makes me laugh, at any rate.
Tuesday, October 6, 1998 We’ve now had day two of rehearsal. I say rehearsal loosely, because most of it was spent repairing puppets. In addition to Sungura’s ears, the other challenge we faced today was admitting that one of the puppets is missing. We’d hoped yesterday that it would show up, but no- the small
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This man makes armor for cats & mice. I wonder if Mr. De Boer has ever managed to actually get a cat to put one on. Marlowe would love it. Edited to add: I found this in Mr. De Boer’s FAQ. Q. Have you ever put a mouse into a suit of armour? A. If
Our house is noticeably warmer. Amazing. For the first time in years, I slept without a space heater in our bedroom. I think the house is quieter too, but that’s harder to tell.
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With the move and everything, I’m feeling a wee bit overwhelmed so I’m going to use the wayback machine to post my online journal from a tour in 1998. At the time, I was touring with Tears of Joy, the second largest puppet theater in the US. The tour was a short one, only two
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