I teach Stagecraft at this summer camp every year. This year will be challenging because our enrollment is way down. Instead of two classes with fifteen students. I have one class with seven students–no wait, that’s four students. No. Ten students. I don’t know how many I have because they keep pulling students out to […]
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Last night Rob and I checked out a flex car and drove down to the drive-in movie theater in Newburg. It was sold out, so we came home and rented a movie. While we were watching it, we heard a loud crash outside. I thought it might be a gunshot, but Rob thought it sounded
I just wrote this up for a writer’s website, and thought you all might be interested in seeing what stories I have in the works. Shorts In Submission Some Other Day – Interzone: Josie’s father managed to rid the world of mosquitoes when she was little. The unintended consequences still affect both the adult Josie
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I spent today trying to write. I’m working my way through a new short story, and it’s slow going. I think I’m putting too much pressure on myself after how well Salt of the Earth went. I like this one, or at least the idea for this one, but I only got about 1000 words
According to Sue, owner of Lessons Learned, the folks she was pitching to really liked the concept. Which means my popups and cards were successful. She has to go out of town this week, so we won’t start working on it until Monday and the pilot workshop is a week from Friday. Yoicks. I went
Yet another Portland Spirit day. I’m biking to and from work, so that’s twelve miles a day, plus running around fetching food, so by the time I get home I’m beat. Rob and I went out to dinner tonight, thus eating a portion of my tips today, but I was too tired to cook. Since
I worked two shifts on the Portland Spirit today. Lunch and Friday Early Escape. The most remarkable thing was that I had a table give me a one hundred dollar bill as a tip for a 94.00 tab. I tried to give it back, thinking she had misread the bill, and she said “No. That’s
I got a call from the woman I interviewed with last week to come in and talk about a specific project. Woo-hoo! It went very well and I’ve got a small design project for her company, Lessons Learned, due on Monday. I also went to WRW’s Writers’ Workshop and that was a lot of fun.
I finished two of the benches on the Willamette Star. I didn’t mention that I’m also riding my bike to and fro. That’s adding up to twelve miles a day. Woo-hoo. Of course the Tour de France guys would just laugh at me.
I spent today working on maintanence again. Apparently my sanding and varnishing skills, honed from puppet-making and home-repair, are highly valued at the Spirit because they’ve asked me to come back tomorrow to do some additional detailing. La. In the evening, Rob and I biked down to Sam and Cindy’s (Hi Sam) for the Willamette
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I forgot to mention that we got the modeling shots back. As a tease, I’ll let our parents know that we’ve sent a photo off to Hawaii and Tennessee, but I won’t post a copy of it. Cruel, I know. Here’s a couple to tide you over.
Today I helped sand, prime and paint one side of the Willamette Star. Tomorrow we’ll do the other side. It was fairly tedious, but the folks I was working with were nice. I have a lovely sunburn. I brought a long-sleeve coverall for the painting, so I didn’t think I’d need sunscreen. But if I
I worked for the first time in about a year for the Portland Spirit. I wasn’t on the Spirit itself, but on the Willamette Star, which is one of the small boats in the fleet. I was a waitress for an Eastern Orthodox wedding reception. It was a long, exhausting day in no small part
Let’s see. Yesterday I had a job interview that went well, although the employer’s life just imploded so she’s not sure when the job would start. If she hires me I’ll fill you in on the details. Today Rob and I started to go to the farmer’s market but my bike was making a funny