Oh, my goodness! I can't believe that I forgot to mention this! When I worked concessions on Sunday for Olympia Symphony Orchestra's Orchestra Games, I worked with a new concessionaire named Merrily. We got to chatting and I talked about the play I just SMed, and she mentioned that her cousin Tom Birkeland used to do plays before he died! I said that I'd known Tom for many years and then we chatted about him for a little while!
Six months ago my niece Lauren sent me the “Wicked” trailer and said, “Promise you’ll be sitting next to me!” She and I both have had enough health issues since then to make me skeptical that would ever happen. But, later this afternoon I’m picking up her son after school and Lauren’s coming from work to meet up for dinner and a 6:30 screening!
Quote from: John G. on November 20, 2024, 06:26:20 AMHad a weird dream that I had been asked to conduct the first rehearsal of a Brahms symphony. It was to be broadcast. Someone stole my copy of the score, and I was under prepared. It was a disaster. Only the oboes sounded good. The regular conductor quit. I finally got the score and went to work, section by section. Then the oboes started to get mad. Somehow, while it was coming together, it was discovered that the oboes players,who apparently lived together on a farm, had started growing porcini mushrooms and were now able to finance the orchestra.I want this to be a movie
Had a weird dream that I had been asked to conduct the first rehearsal of a Brahms symphony. It was to be broadcast. Someone stole my copy of the score, and I was under prepared. It was a disaster. Only the oboes sounded good. The regular conductor quit. I finally got the score and went to work, section by section. Then the oboes started to get mad. Somehow, while it was coming together, it was discovered that the oboes players,who apparently lived together on a farm, had started growing porcini mushrooms and were now able to finance the orchestra.
Congratulations on your new millstone, Jane!
Congratulations to Jane on her new plateau
My brain seized for line three and I left the the yellows exactly where they were in line 2
CONGRATULATIONS, DR Jane, on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!!!
Thanks for the well wishes. All is good at work so far today. All the new people showed up! That's half the battle.
Wordle: 3/6
I saw on the news there is a huge storm hitting the northwest. Has anyone heard from Jane and George?
I'm glad my conference in Sacramento was not this week.
Well, folks, I'm about to be visited upon by the sheetrockers who are fixing the ceiling and walls in two rooms.I will likely be scarce today, starting very soon.
I could also go for some peanut butter fudge if it's made the way I like it.My mother made the best I've ever had.She followed the fudge recipe on the Nestle's Cocoa Powder can but added a tablespoon or so of peanut butter at the end. It helped set the fudge more quickly and the taste was just out of this world. I've seen peanut butter fudge that has no chocolate in it, and I have to say, "What is up with THAT"? Did any of you know that "white chocolate' has no chocolate in it? White chocolate is a by-product of cacao beans, using whatever oils are removed during the processing of cacao to create the so-called "white" chocolate.
I miss Tom so much
Very windy last night. Me and just the kids huddled up. Mrs R is down in Austin for work. Had candles and flashlights at the ready but we didn’t lose power, thank jeebus.
Still windy though. Very happy to not have trees too near us.
