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Page Four

[George]

Well, I have officially been selected to be able to usher for the Joan Baez concert on July 22!  This was a late addition to the season, and they (the Washington Center for the Performing Arts) make it sound like EVERYONE IN THE WORLD wants to either see the show or volunteer to work the show.  I'm sure that not everyone is in love with her, but I certainly am looking forward to ushering.  Evidently, they 988-seat theater is sold out and they have a wait list of 70 for tickets!  The audiences certainly want to see the show.  I really enjoyed Judy Collins' concert earlier this year.  I think my sister's boyfriend said that he wanted to get tickets.  I hope he did because if he didn't it's much, Much, MUCH (that's three muches) too late. 

[George]

And now, I'm off to my first rehearsal (paper tech/cue-to-cue) rehearsal for Shakespeare's "The Tempest" at Olympia Little Theatre.  It's set in the world of The Wizard of Oz.  I can't wait to see how it all works.

Be back later!

[Ginny]

DR George, I hope your Oz TEMPEST works as well as the Wild West TAMING OF THE SHREW that Richard and I saw at the Folger Shakespeare Library a couple of years ago!

[Ginny]

DR FJL, was this a milestone birthday for your Mother?  Either way, I'm glad she enjoyed herself and that you had smooth travels to and from.

[Jane]

I had too many books checked out from the library so I finished the one I was reading.

[John G.]

Fly through the fireworks without the sound:

http://time.com/2957348/fireworks-drone/

That's really cool!

It was cool when I posted it yesterday, too.       

I thought I had seen it. Sorry that I didn't remember I saw it here.

[John G.]

Great to have you back, FJL.

Thank you, John G! 

We had BBQ for dinner, and I thought of you!

I hope it was good barbecue. I don't want to thought of with anything mediocre.

[FJL]

Thanks so much, Kevin!

[FJL]

Ginny - Thanks!

Not a milestone, she's 86, but celebrating seemed in order.

[FJL]

Great to have you back, FJL.

Thank you, John G! 

We had BBQ for dinner, and I thought of you!

I hope it was good barbecue. I don't want to thought of with anything mediocre.

I meant we had BBQ slow-smoked-and-cooked here by Skip tonight, and it was excellent. 

[TCB]

Had a horrible allergy fit in the night, which I am sure was brought on because of all the dust from cleaning. Took a half a Benedryl, which sort of helped, but made me get up later than I had planned.

That will teach you to clean house!

[John G.]

Had a horrible allergy fit in the night, which I am sure was brought on because of all the dust from cleaning. Took a half a Benedryl, which sort of helped, but made me get up later than I had planned.

That will teach you to clean house!

Yes, I know.

[TCB]

Before the pill kicked in, I sat up reading a copy of Charleston Receipts that someone gave me. It's the Junior League cookbook from Charleston, S.C., and I've long wanted a copy since Pat Conroy has written about it numerous times.

Some of the recipes (or receipts, as they call them) are wonderful. And it's amazing to see how much anchovy people used to put in their food. I'm all for that.

What isn't surprising however is the level of racism throughout the book. At the top of every page are two silhouettes of Aunt Jemima-type black women and many of the recipes have introductions written in a horrific dialect. This edition was from 1970, so I know it was to be expected. I just never like experiencing it. 

1970?  And it is still that racist

[vixmom]

I was on the trail this morning at 5 a.m. The very small amount of rain we got Thursday was enough to bring out the desert millipedes. I'd never seen one before. I saw dozens this morning. I didn't have my camera with me or I'd treat you to a photo of one.

I hope you do not take it amiss when I say  I,  for one,  am not dismayed at your lack of a camera this morning

[vixmom]

There was also one for a rum punch that took 4 days to marinate in an 8-gallon container. It served 275-300 people

Hmmmm, can you reduce the amount of servings down to 10?

or just keep it in the fridge and a  little glass every evening 

[vixmom]

I know DR JOHN G - but the amount of time it took me to find my LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS LP so I could use it in display case next month, convinced me that I don't need any more LP's.

My sister did email to say she had found a few she knew I would want.

I admire your restraint.  I feel it is my God given duty to rescue every book without a home  whichiI s wy I keep finding duplicate and triplicate copies of the same title amongst my (obviously unorganized) book cases

[vixmom]

Fly through the fireworks without the sound:

http://time.com/2957348/fireworks-drone/

That's really cool!

It was cool when I posted it yesterday, too.       

I thought I had seen it. Sorry that I didn't remember I saw it here.

It was well worth another look!

[vixmom]

Ginny - Thanks!

Not a milestone, she's 86, but celebrating seemed in order.

I think once you hit  80 they are all milestones!

[John G.]

Before the pill kicked in, I sat up reading a copy of Charleston Receipts that someone gave me. It's the Junior League cookbook from Charleston, S.C., and I've long wanted a copy since Pat Conroy has written about it numerous times.

Some of the recipes (or receipts, as they call them) are wonderful. And it's amazing to see how much anchovy people used to put in their food. I'm all for that.

What isn't surprising however is the level of racism throughout the book. At the top of every page are two silhouettes of Aunt Jemima-type black women and many of the recipes have introductions written in a horrific dialect. This edition was from 1970, so I know it was to be expected. I just never like experiencing it. 

1970?  And it is still that racist

Sadly, you'd probably find a lot in South Carolina day who feel the same way.

[vixmom]

Great to have you back, FJL.

Thank you, John G! 

We had BBQ for dinner, and I thought of you!

I hope it was good barbecue. I don't want to thought of with anything mediocre.

I meant we had BBQ slow-smoked-and-cooked here by Skip tonight, and it was excellent. 

I suspect ANYTHING  made by Skip is excellent... be it meals or songs

[John G.]

Watching a really silly, cliched movie called "Love N Dancing," which sadly doesn't have enough dancing in it. It's like they stole every element of "Dance with Me" but left out Cheyenne, Vanessa Williams and Joan Plowright. This has Betty White but for only one scene.

[TCB]

This is not good.

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Welcome back, FJL!!

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DR George, I hope your Oz TEMPEST works as well as the Wild West TAMING OF THE SHREW that Richard and I saw at the Folger Shakespeare Library a couple of years ago!

And I hope it works better than THE TEMPEST set in the Bayou in which I appeared.

[TCB]

There was also one for a rum punch that took 4 days to marinate in an 8-gallon container. It served 275-300 people

Hmmmm, can you reduce the amount of servings down to 10?

or just keep it in the fridge and a  little glass every evening 

That would be one way to forget the rest of 2014.

[vixmom]

FJL I am glad you were able to celebrate your Mom;s birthday with her

[vixmom]

had a busy day  after church  lots of errands followed by lots pf laundry and then weeding

[vixmom]

before I started laundry and weeding I put some chicken breasts into marinade in  some teriyaki sauce with orange juice and  little garlic

[vixmom]

after the post weeding cleanup I cooked up some  dinner,  along with  the chicken we had  rice pilaf an  broccoli steamed with a little minced garlic