Greetings everyone, and happy Friday, albeit somewhat late,
I just returned from a one night gig in Colorado Springs. It was lovely, but singing at 7,000 feet altitude is always a challenge when you've had no time to acclimate. All went well. And because of the exhausting day of travel and performance, I slept very well there, and didn't need to pretend to try and sleep in coach on the flight home.
On said flight home, I got back to this lovely book I started last week, but had no time to continue with, in the mix of three staged readings and their dump of new material to learn. Hmm, lemme see - the title was
RED GOLD. I read it all the way home today, could not put it down until I finished it. I
Absolutely LOVED IT!!!!! What a wonderful book, BK!! I loved everything about it - the tone and textures, the pace, the dialogue, the delicious characters all. Part of me wanted John to get to his plan sooner, but your pacing was so perfect for that era and milieu. Like Jeremiah reading his McAlester stories, I had to know what happened next, so I couldn't stop reading. I was absolutely charmed by this book, with its mix of danger and humor. And the way you painted it all, I could feel the dust and the rain, the worry and the ache, and even the taste of rock candy. Bravo, BK!! It's a real winner!
Yeah, I grew up loving westerns too. And the only newer one I really had fun watching was Silverado.
Okay, though I really wanna nap now, I have music to learn for this table read I am doing with this wonderful cast tomorrow (Valerie Perri, Barry Pearl, Mary Gordon Murray and Lainie Kazan). Did I mention I got two new songs to learn for it on Wednesday? Oy. No rest for the wicked, it seems.
