Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on September 12, 2020, 12:03:36 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes had
tyops - typos, and now it is time for you to post until the typing cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: SPIRITUEL!
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And that is NOT a typo.
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DR TCB do you have an N95 mask?
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Well, whaddaya know! Jane definitely hit a millstone! Congrats, Jane! :D
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:o
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I hope you don't mind that I smallerized it after I originally posted it. It was HUGE!
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LOL, I am glad you did.
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Thank you for capturing it. I, as usual, hadn't noticed.
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LOL, I am glad you did.
;D
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Isn’t this guy a cutie?
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Yes!! :D
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DR TCB do you have an N95 mask?
Nope.
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Congratulations Jane on your milestone.
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Yes!! :D
Is that “yes” in response to my question?
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I saw Vixmom’s name flash up here for a moment.
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And now she is gone.
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Is Tumwater very smokey?
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LOL! I am sitting here waiting for George to answer my questions, and he has already left the building.
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Yes!! :D
Is that “yes” in response to my question?
Of course!
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Oh well, they weren’t very important.
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Is Tumwater very smokey?
Yes, it was definitely smokey. :P
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LOL! I am sitting here waiting for George to answer my questions, and he has already left the building.
I has returned!
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You sneak in and out in a flash!
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You sneak in and out in a flash!
Actually, I didn't go anywhere. I just went to other websites on a different browser tab. I really didn't even leave HHW. :-\
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Well, it is two o’clock. I should say good night, although I doubt I will fall asleep.
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You sneak in and out in a flash!
Actually, I don't go anywhere. I'm just going to other websites on a different browser tab. I really didn't go anywhere, or even leave HHW. :-\
Well, your name disappears from the top.
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Well, it is two o’clock. I should say good night, although I doubt I will fall asleep.
Good night, Tom. And Good Luck sleeping! 8)
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You sneak in and out in a flash!
Actually, I don't go anywhere. I'm just going to other websites on a different browser tab. I really didn't go anywhere, or even leave HHW. :-\
Well, your name disappears from the top.
Interesting.
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You sneak in and out in a flash!
Actually, I don't go anywhere. I'm just going to other websites on a different browser tab. I really didn't go anywhere, or even leave HHW. :-\
Well, your name disappears from the top.
Interesting.
I wouldn’t make that up. Good night.
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PAGE TWO AT 2:08 A.M. DANCE!!
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You sneak in and out in a flash!
Actually, I don't go anywhere. I'm just going to other websites on a different browser tab. I really didn't go anywhere, or even leave HHW. :-\
Well, your name disappears from the top.
Interesting.
I wouldn’t make that up. Good night.
I wouldn't doubt it. :)
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Well, I need to get going, too.
Have a good day, all!
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Good morning, all!
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DR TCB, that cat is adorable. Is it on your adoption possibilities?
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I'm wanting to go back to bed, but I won't. As soon as kitty cleanup is over, I'll lie down for a bit.
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I'm rather down today. I had two dreams that seemed to say, your moment has passed. There's that line in GYPSY where Rose says the cow from the old vaudeville act came to her in a dream and said, move over; I'm feeling that today.
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In the first dream I was in a court of law. I had sold a record collection with many valuable items and the agent representing me had taken the easy way out and sold too many at too low a cost. I was fighting him and lost te case.
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In the second, I was checking out a musical theatre program on the fifth floor of walkup building in midtown with a friend I haven't seen since 1985 or so. The program was run by an acquaintance, author Larry Maslon, who's published several books. So, we walked up four flights of stairs to find that to get to the stairs to the fifth floor, you had to crawl on a ledge over the stairwell, and a fall would be lethal. People were doing it, but I was too afraid, backed out and walked back downstairs.
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I also believe that the Babes In Toyland edition with Packard Humanities Institute is officially dead. Even if I were called tomorrow, I'm not certaoin that at the moment I want to get back to it.
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I think my first Bartok recording was Ormandy's conducting "The Miraculous Mandarin."
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In 1951 or 52, when Rudolf Bing became manager of the Metropolitan Opera, he decided to program Die Fledermaus in an English version by Garson Kanin and Howard Dietz. Kanin was also hired to direct it and Fritz Reiner would conduct. In the Act Two party at Prince Orlofsky's, Kanin asked some of the chorus to sing part of the Act Two finale while sitting on cushions on the floor. Reiner threw a fit and insisted they must stand to sing. Several hours later, Reiner was dismissed and Eugene Ormandy was brought in to conduct the performances. The chorus sat on cushions.
Ormandy is also the conductor on the Columbia recording of the production, which is one of my favorites. When I got my LP set in 1963 or so, Columbia had hidden it away with most of its monaural Metropolitan Opera recordings. In the 1970s it was reissued on their budget label with a new cover.
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Kitty cleanup is over and I am going to call the corner deli for some breakfast and a few other items.
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T.O.D.
There was a thriller that I saw decades ago (1955) that I've never forgotten.
THE NIGHT HOLDS TERROR with Jack Kelly, John Cassavetes and Vince Edwards.
It was based on a true story; similar to THE DESPERATE HOURS.
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Good morning, all.
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Beautiful kitty, TCB.
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I don’t feel like getting out of bed.
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Good morning, all.
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I was up early, after (thankfully) a pretty decent night's sleep. Took the time for a real breakfast and for seeing Kristi and Nathan off to Mystic, CT, on a quick overnight trip celebrating their 8th wedding anniversary.
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I think my aunt had a prom dress made of SPIRITUEL.
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I liked J.B.'s Neely impression DR JOHN G.....most entertaining.
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I also liked the kitty picture posted by DR TCB.
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Hmmmm.....I shall have to think about the TOD.
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In 1951 or 52, when Rudolf Bing became manager of the Metropolitan Opera, he decided to program Die Fledermaus in an English version by Garson Kanin and Howard Dietz. Kanin was also hired to direct it and Fritz Reiner would conduct. In the Act Two party at Prince Orlofsky's, Kanin asked some of the chorus to sing part of the Act Two finale while sitting on cushions on the floor. Reiner threw a fit and insisted they must strand to sing. Several hours later, Reiner was dismissed and Eugene Ormandy was brought in to conduct the performances. The chorus sat on cushions.
Ormandy is also the conductor on the Columbia recording of the production, which is one of my favorites. When I got my LP set in 1963 or so, Columbia had hidden it away with most of its monaural Metropolitan Opera recordings. In the 1970s it was reissued on their budget label with a new cover.
That's a great story about Reiner and Ormandy. I remember discovering those recordings in the school library's listening room. The reissues on the Odyssey label were being released about the time I was out of school and moving to California, and I bought them at Phil Harris. Later I began seeing the originals, and I eventually replaced my reissues with them. My Fledermaus is in the larger record box as pictured there, as is, I believe my Rake's Progress.
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In 1951 or 52, when Rudolf Bing became manager of the Metropolitan Opera, he decided to program Die Fledermaus in an English version by Garson Kanin and Howard Dietz. Kanin was also hired to direct it and Fritz Reiner would conduct. In the Act Two party at Prince Orlofsky's, Kanin asked some of the chorus to sing part of the Act Two finale while sitting on cushions on the floor. Reiner threw a fit and insisted they must stand to sing. Several hours later, Reiner was dismissed and Eugene Ormandy was brought in to conduct the performances. The chorus sat on cushions.
Ormandy is also the conductor on the Columbia recording of the production, which is one of my favorites. When I got my LP set in 1963 or so, Columbia had hidden it away with most of its monaural Metropolitan Opera recordings. In the 1970s it was reissued on their budget label with a new cover.
That's a great story about Reiner and Ormandy. I remember discovering those recordings in the school library's listening room. The reissues on the Odyssey label were being released about the time I was out of school and moving to California, and I bought them at Phil Harris. Later I began seeing the originals, and I eventually replaced my reissues with them. My Fledermaus is in the larger record box as pictured there, as is, I believe my Rake's Progress.
I have never in my life come across the Columbia recording of the Met's The Rake's Progress. Outside the US, Naxos released the recording on CD and I got a copy from Amazon.co.uk.
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I'm up, I'm up - maybe four hours of sleep.
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Good morning!
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I enjoyed your video, DR John G.!
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Isn’t this guy a cutie?
Definitely!
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One more!
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Page 3!
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I think my first Bartok recording was Ormandy's conducting "The Miraculous Mandarin."
A few firsts here, too. It was my own first recording of the "Mandarin", and likewise my own gateway piece to Bartok. And what made that happen was its being the first piece I played in an orchestra, which in itself was a life changer.
I had other recordings over the years, and the one I liked most along with Ormandy's was Dorati conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. But the Ormandy is great. In my own personal experience, it always ranked right up there with his "Carmina Burana" as being the first and forever favorites of those twentieth century pieces.
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In 1951 or 52, when Rudolf Bing became manager of the Metropolitan Opera, he decided to program Die Fledermaus in an English version by Garson Kanin and Howard Dietz. Kanin was also hired to direct it and Fritz Reiner would conduct. In the Act Two party at Prince Orlofsky's, Kanin asked some of the chorus to sing part of the Act Two finale while sitting on cushions on the floor. Reiner threw a fit and insisted they must stand to sing. Several hours later, Reiner was dismissed and Eugene Ormandy was brought in to conduct the performances. The chorus sat on cushions.
Ormandy is also the conductor on the Columbia recording of the production, which is one of my favorites. When I got my LP set in 1963 or so, Columbia had hidden it away with most of its monaural Metropolitan Opera recordings. In the 1970s it was reissued on their budget label with a new cover.
That's a great story about Reiner and Ormandy. I remember discovering those recordings in the school library's listening room. The reissues on the Odyssey label were being released about the time I was out of school and moving to California, and I bought them at Phil Harris. Later I began seeing the originals, and I eventually replaced my reissues with them. My Fledermaus is in the larger record box as pictured there, as is, I believe my Rake's Progress.
I have never in my life come across the Columbia recording of the Met's The Rake's Progress. Outside the US, Naxos released the recording on CD and I got a copy from Amazon.co.uk.
Wow, no kidding? I guess that once the Stravinsky stereo-era version was released, they had no interest in revisiting the mono one, which is pretty much what happened with all of his previous mono recordings.
What's great about the copy I eventually found is that it's signed by Mack Harrell on the inside program notes, and its previous owner had also kept the concurrent 1953 issue of Opera News along with it.
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Isn’t this guy a cutie?
Yes :)
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DR TCB do you have an N95 mask?
Nope.
Oh well. I think it worked better in the morning than when I wore my surgical mask to walk in and out of Costco.
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Congratulations Jane on your milestone.
Thanks.
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Is Tumwater very smokey?
This morning the air quality is 188.
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It is the same in Puyallup.
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Any feelings on the Ormandy Bluebeard's Castle? I like Dorati a lot, but I found his Mandarin a bit strident in a way the Ormandy is not.
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Here the air quality is 303.
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I first saw THE STEPFATHER on cable TV. My memory of it has always tied in with something else I was doing over the Memorial Day weekend in 1987. But its listing in IMDb is curious. They show an LA release date of January 1987, a NYC one in May, then what I guess might be a general release one in June. Well, maybe my memory placement of it is wrong. On the other hand, interesting things would occasionally happen in those early years of cable.
Anyway, I've always meant to watch it again but that is still my only time to have seen it. I have no memory of the music, crappy or otherwise, but I was thrilled and chilled by that sucker and I've never forgotten it. When a remake happened, I had no interest whatever in seeing it. I do need to revisit the original sometime.
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Saturday afternoon greetings! I spent the morning being in 2 places at once. Actually, I was on 2 Zooms at once - an AAUW state meeting on my computer and a SCAD survivors meet-up on my iPad. I kind of like Zooming, but this was a bit much.
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Any feelings on the Ormandy Bluebeard's Castle? I like Dorati a lot, but I found his Mandarin a bit strident in a way the Ormandy is not.
I liked the Ormandy but it's something I haven't listened to in years. I only have that and the Istvan Kertesz one on London. I know I had several at one point and weeded them out, so these must have been my clear favorites. The Met did it (I'm thinking late '80s?), and I liked what I heard on the broadcast, but I've never watched a production.
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Any feelings on the Ormandy Bluebeard's Castle? I like Dorati a lot, but I found his Mandarin a bit strident in a way the Ormandy is not.
Bluebeard's Castle is one of those off-the-norm operas I have never heard.
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TOD
Dementia 13
Pretty Poison
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I must pay some bills.
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Saturday afternoon greetings! I spent the morning being in 2 places at once. Actually, I was on 2 Zooms at once - an AAUW state meeting on my computer and a SCAD survivors meet-up on my iPad. I kind of like Zooming, but this was a bit much.
That is definitely a bit too much ;D
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Back from some matzoh brei at Jerry's Deli, picking up nothing from the mail place, getting food for later, since I only had about 300 calories, and now back home and making sure everyone is ready for tomorrow's show.
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I wore my N95 mask but took it off for the last 20 minutes of our 5.5 mile walk. In the last couple of days we have seen a few people wear what appear to be gas masks.
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Well Ear Readers this opera talk is awfully highbrow for a cornfed hayseed such as myself.
I enjoy it, but it just points up how much I DON'T know and how many things I haven't eard in my long, long life.
Maybe I spent to much time listening to Annette Funicello records.
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Hello, everyone.
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Today I passed a milestone: I was permitted to remove some of the bandages and take a shower. Yay!
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I'm still very tired, though, and have scrapped the few plans I had for today. I'm taking it easy.
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I looked at the Netflix description for The Stepfather. My God! It may be a fine film, but it certainly sounds terrible in the description. I'll pass.
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Saturday afternoon greetings! I spent the morning being in 2 places at once. Actually, I was on 2 Zooms at once - an AAUW state meeting on my computer and a SCAD survivors meet-up on my iPad. I kind of like Zooming, but this was a bit much.
I would love to be able to be in two places at once. Even briefly.
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Listened to a bit of the Ormandy Bluebeard's Castle and liked what I heard - the CD is super cheap and sounds great, so I ordered it. Now playing: Ormandy does Scheherazade - one of the most beautiful-sounding recordings I've ever heard in my life.
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I've really had it with our horrible mail delivery. It wasn't good to start with and it's gone downhill since Covid. There may be some good reasons for that -- people off sick, cutbacks, etc -- but it's now laughable. Earlier this week the USPS lost one of my Amazon packages. I'd been monitoring the tracking notices. The last update was last Tuesday, then nothing. Amazon has said they'll give me a refund and I'll reorder. OK, that's doable. But yesterday the USPS said they delivered my face masks from Hawaii, yet they weren't in my mailbox. I'm hoping that one of my neighbors received them and will give them to me. How do you get a refund when the carrier insists that they were delivered? Ugh!
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Now I can say: looking forward to tomorrow's Kritzerland show.
(Spellcheck is objecting to the word "Kritzerland". After all these years you'd think it would put the word in its list. It doesn't learn.)
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I'm ready for a nap. First I'll have some lunch.
TTFN.
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They always say the Philadelphia Orchestra was all about the string sound - unmatched by any other orchestra - but I gotta tell you, their brass section is unbelievable. The playing is breathtaking.
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Today I passed a milestone: I was permitted to remove some of the bandages and take a shower. Yay!
Yay :)
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I'm still very tired, though, and have scrapped the few plans I had for today. I'm taking it easy.
Good idea, especially with the air quality not being great.
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Good afternoon.
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Are you considering getting a kitten, TCB?
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I was intending to get an adult cat, but Leonard just kinda happened.
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Sandra was intending to get an adult cat, too. But Magdelena happened, too.
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TOD: Does Plan 9 From Outer Space count?
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Congrats to DR JANE on her millstone!
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DR JEANNE it sounds as if the recovery is right on schedule!
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I finally had to turn on the air about 6 p.m. It is merrily humming away.
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Well, whaddaya know! Jane definitely hit a millstone! Congrats, Jane! :D
Congratulations Jane!
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Isn’t this guy a cutie?
Adorable!!
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I saw Vixmom’s name flash up here for a moment.
That’s weird, I was sleeping at that time unless I’m sleep browsing
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Which might explain the tiredness
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Had the chicken Caesar salad from Gelson's and that's it for the day - with the matzoh brei, that should put me right at 1000 calories.
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I was up early, after (thankfully) a pretty decent night's sleep. Took the time for a real breakfast and for seeing Kristi and Nathan off to Mystic, CT, on a quick overnight trip celebrating their 8th wedding anniversary.
Happy Anniversary Kristi and Nathan!
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Continued healing vibes to Jeanne
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Today we finally built the new microwave cart
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Well to be accurate Vixdad built the cart
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I took everything off and out of the old cart
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Then I moved the old cart out of the way which led to me vacuuming
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And washing the floor
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And washing the wall
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The new cart is slightly smaller
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So I also had to figure out what was going into the new cart and what was going to need to find a new home or be trashed
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Which led to me clearing out the other three kitchen drawers and making similar decisions
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So basically I stayed in the kitchen all day
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Except for taking out the trash
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And when Vixdad and I carried the old cart to the curb
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Oh and a quick trip to the library
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My mom had reserved two books and asked if u could pick them up for her
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I called the library and the lady said sure.
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Then she to,die that she would check out the books by using the information filed in the library, no card needed and that she was putting the books in a bag outside the library
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I live less than 7 minutes from the library, and that’s if I catch reds at the two lights between my house and the library
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Congrats to DR JANE on her millstone!
Thanks.
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I was intending to get an adult cat, but Leonard just kinda happened.
:)
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Sandra was intending to get an adult cat, too. But Magdelena happened, too.
:))
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Well, whaddaya know! Jane definitely hit a millstone! Congrats, Jane! :D
Congratulations Jane!
Thank you.
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Sure enough there was a table right outside the door with a brown paper bag with my Moms name printed on it
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Well to be accurate Vixdad built the cart
;D
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Picked that up and came back home to more kitchen reorganizing
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DR Vixmom are you pleased with the new cart?
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We talked about ordering pizza for dinner
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But in the end I chickened out and made dinner instead
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Chicken apple sausages in the air fryer
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Vixdad likes poached eggs and baked beans with his
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I prefer mashed taters
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Fortunately the kitchen staff is very accommodating and caters to all whims
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So everyone was happy
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And now we’re enjoying a nice cuppa
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I never made it to the stores today
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So there is no ice cream in the house
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So if one of youze guyz wanna drop b with a quart or two.....
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I wonder if TCB has gone kitten kollecting
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DR Vixmom are you pleased with the new cart?
DR Vixmom are you pleased with the new cart?
DR Vixmom are you pleased with the new cart?
DR Vixmom are you pleased with the new cart?
DR Vixmom are you pleased with the new cart?
Yes. I preferred the old one because it was slightly larger and had a handy pullout shelf but I couldn’t find one like it
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Of course we’ve had this one since February 1987 so, as Vixdad says, it didn’t owe us anything
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Of course we’ve had this one since February 1987 so, as Vixdad says, it didn’t owe us anything
You had a good run with it. It is frustrating when the new options aren't as good as the old ones. It should be the other way around.
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We just watched A SLIGHT CASE OF MURDER with Edward G. Robinson.
Still a very funny movie.
I have a special affection for the film.
The stage play was my high school Senior Play, and I was cast in the Robinson role.
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Well Ear Readers this opera talk is awfully highbrow for a cornfed hayseed such as myself.
I enjoy it, but it just points up how much I DON'T know and how many things I haven't eard in my long, long life.
Maybe I spent to much time listening to Annette Funicello records.
Been listening to Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb today.
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My sister Annaliese came in from Lexington to help with cleaning the gutters, except the gutters didn’t need cleaning.
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So, we spent a few hours in the garage dealing with some of Dad’s things. I packed up some gardening tools. But we threw away a lot of stuff.
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Six!
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I think Dad kept every seashell he ever picked up. There was an entire shelf unit of oyster shells, clam shells, butterfly shells, you name it. All in the trash now.
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We also got rid of his old, but not old enough, door knob collection as well as the screen door handles. Oh, yeah, and used spark plugs.
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My sister Annaliese came in from Lexington to help with cleaning the gutters, except the gutters didn’t need cleaning.
LOL. I hope you had a nice visit.
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I think Dad kept every seashell he ever picked up. There was an entire shelf unit of oyster shells, clam shells, butterfly shells, you name it. All in the trash now.
:( That is probably what will happen to my rock collection.
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We also got rid of his old, but not old enough, door knob collection as well as the screen door handles. Oh, yeah, and used spark plugs.
;) Especially funny are the used spark plugs.
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Finished Strangers on a Train. Very tired but thinking about a walk. Feels like I ate too much - I didn't but it feels like it - tummy shrinking I think although you wouldn't know it to look at me. Hoping in the next week or two some poundage starts disappearing.
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I think Dad kept every seashell he ever picked up. There was an entire shelf unit of oyster shells, clam shells, butterfly shells, you name it. All in the trash now.
:( That is probably what will happen to my rock collection.
Dad had plenty of fossils. Annaliese took some of those.
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This will be the first week of this year, I think, in which I have not finished a book. I just haven't been reading.
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I did get more than halfway through Elena Ferrante's The Story of a New Name. But it's lengthy and I'm not going to finish it with only a few hours left in the day.
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I'm fading fast. It's been a long day.
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good night, all.
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I enjoy listening to Mr Glen Campbell as well.......with the great Capital Stereo Sound!
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My Golden Knights seem to be losing.....less than one minute in the game.....they trail by a goal......
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My air is still running but that's okay.
Tomorrow is our monthly BORED meeting.....we shall see what we shall see.
Of course I am sure there will be discussion of what's happening in the park since it gets dark so early.......not sure what type of lighting is available.....we may have to hire YOU KNOW WHO to take care of it.
Why not? His wife is one of the stars......
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And lose they did.....down 3-1 in the series.....one more win from Dallas and the Knights go home.
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When I posted Adrienne Stiefel's story, she was away and didn't see it until a couple of days ago - and she posted and I didn't see that until just now. I thought I'd share it because it touched me so much:
Adrienne Stiefel
And now I feel compelled to throw a little love Bruce’s way...because the truth is, how many directors spend such time to show such love for their actors? How many continually provide work and opportunities to those he loyally believes in? I’ve worked with many directors over the years, and what I love about Bruce is the fact that he is a performer, so he gets it. He can put himself in your shoes as a performer and because of that, knows how to get the best out of you. He works with positive reinforcement, encouragement, and support. He is open to ideas and interpretation without ego. He listens and genuinely wants his artists to perform at their best, and under his guidance, they do. He has no interest in quashing what makes each person unique, and more than that...he gets why each person is unique, what makes them special, and shines a light on it. He knows me, my voice, my capabilities, my strengths, my weaknesses so well that I know he’s always going to throw me material that is perfect for me. I never get nervous that he’s going to send me something I can’t pull off, and every once in awhile I will listen to something he sends and at first listen, I think he’s missed the mark, but sure enough when I start running through it, turns out he was right. Sometimes he knows me better than myself. I hope to God that this pandemic ends soon and I can get the opportunity to work with him, in the true sense, again. Thank you, Bruce, for taking the time to show such gratitude. It means a lot, and is a testament to the kind of director, and person, you are.
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Back from a 2.2 brisk walk. Pleasant out.
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Outdoor dining JAMMED everywhere.
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Grubhub had a ten buck off Stanley's coupon so I'm using it tomorrow and I get a cheap Chinese chicken salad.
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Drinking some water and listening to Ormandy doing Bach - The Bach Album - which I had when it came out. It's a favorite.
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That was a nice read MR BK!
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I'm tired and tired.
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I tried not being tired, but tried is tired rearranged so it didn't work.
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Listening to WF Bach.
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Then the final piece - that one by CPE Bach.
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Was there ever a CD called Bach to the Future? There should have been, if not.
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I think Dad kept every seashell he ever picked up. There was an entire shelf unit of oyster shells, clam shells, butterfly shells, you name it. All in the trash now.
:( That is probably what will happen to my rock collection.
Dad had plenty of fossils. Annaliese took some of those.
You didn't?
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When I posted Adrienne Stiefel's story, she was away and didn't see it until a couple of days ago - and she posted and I didn't see that until just now. I thought I'd share it because it touched me so much:
Adrienne Stiefel
And now I feel compelled to throw a little love Bruce’s way...because the truth is, how many directors spend such time to show such love for their actors? How many continually provide work and opportunities to those he loyally believes in? I’ve worked with many directors over the years, and what I love about Bruce is the fact that he is a performer, so he gets it. He can put himself in your shoes as a performer and because of that, knows how to get the best out of you. He works with positive reinforcement, encouragement, and support. He is open to ideas and interpretation without ego. He listens and genuinely wants his artists to perform at their best, and under his guidance, they do. He has no interest in quashing what makes each person unique, and more than that...he gets why each person is unique, what makes them special, and shines a light on it. He knows me, my voice, my capabilities, my strengths, my weaknesses so well that I know he’s always going to throw me material that is perfect for me. I never get nervous that he’s going to send me something I can’t pull off, and every once in awhile I will listen to something he sends and at first listen, I think he’s missed the mark, but sure enough when I start running through it, turns out he was right. Sometimes he knows me better than myself. I hope to God that this pandemic ends soon and I can get the opportunity to work with him, in the true sense, again. Thank you, Bruce, for taking the time to show such gratitude. It means a lot, and is a testament to the kind of director, and person, you are.
Awww, nice 💙
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Are you considering getting a kitten, TCB?
Nope.
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I also believe that the Babes In Toyland edition with Packard Humanities Institute is officially dead. Even if I were called tomorrow, I'm not certaoin that at the moment I want to get back to it.
That's too bad, Larry. :(
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Hi, Tom.
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Hi, Jane.
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Is Tumwater very smokey?
This morning the air quality is 188.
Earlier this evening when I was still at my parents, it was 176 for the Olympia area. Now, it's 163.
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Here the air quality is 303.
:o Yikes!!
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Today I passed a milestone: I was permitted to remove some of the bandages and take a shower. Yay!
Congrats, Jeanne!
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Is Tumwater very smokey?
This morning the air quality is 188.
Earlier this evening when I was still at my parents, it was 176 for the Olympia area. Now, it's 163.
The numbers seem go up and down a bit.
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I was up early, after (thankfully) a pretty decent night's sleep. Took the time for a real breakfast and for seeing Kristi and Nathan off to Mystic, CT, on a quick overnight trip celebrating their 8th wedding anniversary.
Happy Anniversary Kristi and Nathan!
Ditto!! :D
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Well to be accurate Vixdad built the cart
Or to be really accurate...assembled. ;)
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I prefer mashed taters
As soon as I read this, I developed an instant craving for mashed taters! I must make some very soonly...tonight even!
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Our air quality has gone up.
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I never made it to the stores today
So there is no ice cream in the house
I actually went to the store today and bought ice cream on a whim! ;D
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Our air quality has gone up.
Good!
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So if one of youze guyz wanna drop b with a quart or two.....
As soon as I receive my ticket and first-class boarding pass, I'll be on my way!
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Hello, George.
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DR Vixmom are you pleased with the new cart?
DR Vixmom are you pleased with the new cart?
DR Vixmom are you pleased with the new cart?
DR Vixmom are you pleased with the new cart?
DR Vixmom are you pleased with the new cart?
Yes. I preferred the old one because it was slightly larger and had a handy pullout shelf but I couldn’t find one like it
Is there an echo in the house?? :o
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I am glad you all enjoyed the adorable kitten.
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No, I have no desire to get a little kitten, although that one is something special.
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When I posted Adrienne Stiefel's story, she was away and didn't see it until a couple of days ago - and she posted and I didn't see that until just now. I thought I'd share it because it touched me so much:
Adrienne Stiefel
And now I feel compelled to throw a little love Bruce’s way...because the truth is, how many directors spend such time to show such love for their actors? How many continually provide work and opportunities to those he loyally believes in? I’ve worked with many directors over the years, and what I love about Bruce is the fact that he is a performer, so he gets it. He can put himself in your shoes as a performer and because of that, knows how to get the best out of you. He works with positive reinforcement, encouragement, and support. He is open to ideas and interpretation without ego. He listens and genuinely wants his artists to perform at their best, and under his guidance, they do. He has no interest in quashing what makes each person unique, and more than that...he gets why each person is unique, what makes them special, and shines a light on it. He knows me, my voice, my capabilities, my strengths, my weaknesses so well that I know he’s always going to throw me material that is perfect for me. I never get nervous that he’s going to send me something I can’t pull off, and every once in awhile I will listen to something he sends and at first listen, I think he’s missed the mark, but sure enough when I start running through it, turns out he was right. Sometimes he knows me better than myself. I hope to God that this pandemic ends soon and I can get the opportunity to work with him, in the true sense, again. Thank you, Bruce, for taking the time to show such gratitude. It means a lot, and is a testament to the kind of director, and person, you are.
That's wonderful!
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200!!
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Listening to WF Bach.
Then the final piece - that one by CPE Bach.
Was there ever a CD called Bach to the Future? There should have been, if not.
Have you ever heard any P.D.Q. Bach? He's quite good! Highly recommended! :D
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His complete Abduction of Figaro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO-W1AESUno) is on YouTube!
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So if one of youze guyz wanna drop b with a quart or two.....
As soon as I receive my ticket and first-class boarding pass, I'll be on my way!
Where are you going?
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So if one of youze guyz wanna drop b with a quart or two.....
As soon as I receive my ticket and first-class boarding pass, I'll be on my way!
Where are you going?
To Long Island to deliver ice cream to Vixmom...IF she pays for my flight.
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So if one of youze guyz wanna drop b with a quart or two.....
As soon as I receive my ticket and first-class boarding pass, I'll be on my way!
Where are you going?
To Long Island to deliver ice cream to Vixmom...IF she pays for my flight.
Of course!