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Fog

March 8, 2017 at 9:48 am by Claudia

One of my favorite photos ever – from yesterday’s train ride south on the Hudson River. It was a rainy day and quite foggy. I snapped and snapped (with the iPhone) until I got the shot I wanted; mysterious, fog-shrouded, beautiful.

What is it with the person who gets on a train for a ride that will be approximately 90 minutes long, pull outs her phone, and proceeds to have a loud conversation that lasts the entire length of the train ride, stopping only when we go through the tunnel that will lead us to Grand Central because she lost the call? And the whole conversation was in a different language. It amazes me, the self-absorption of those who think all the other passengers are perfectly willing to put up with a loud conversation. That it’s their right to conduct a loud conversation. It’s so rude. Anyway, at this point, I was tired and I didn’t want to find another seat in another car, I knew this would be my last train trip for a while (thank goodness) and I shoved my ear buds in my ears and listened to one of my playlists.

That’s why I love the bus. The drivers make no bones about the fact that they’ll kick you off the bus if you have a prolonged, loud conversation. And the seats are more comfortable, to boot!

The run through went very well, though everyone seemed a bit tired. Tomorrow, they move into the theater.

Another shot from yesterday’s journey.

Don is feeling a bit better. He has a virus of some sort, though his is different from mine. I’m demanding that he take it easy and rest. There will be a lot to do in the next week. At this point, he’s scheduled to leave a week from today, but that’s fluid. He may stick around a couple of days longer. We’ll see.

I’ve got a week and a half before I go back to the city to work on Anastasia – this time for 6 days, staying in a hotel. I can’t wait to see it on stage.

It’s International Women’s Day. #neverthelessshepersisted.

Let’s just stick this in the post as a reminder to those (temporarily) in power:

Happy Wednesday.

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March: You’re Driving Me Crazy

March 7, 2017 at 8:16 am by Claudia

Buds on the lilac bush.

Leaves on the wild honeysuckle.

Buds on the Climbing Hydrangea.

Not to mention the daylily leaves coming out of the ground that I keep covering up with mulch. It’s cold here and this weekend the temps are going down into the teens again. Next week, a little – not much – snow. March is turning out to be very changeable, indeed. And it’s driving me crazy.

Still congested, though I think it’s due to the recent extremes in the weather. Nevertheless, it leaves me feeling like I’m still fighting off this virus. And now Don isn’t feeling well. That started yesterday. Not sure what’s going on, but I’m doing my best to take care of him because he did such a good job of taking care of me. Poor baby.

But…I have to go into the city today for a final run through of Anastasia. Thursday, the cast moves to the theater and the long tech process begins. Very exciting!

I’m reading Rules of Civility  by Amor Towles and am enjoying it very much. And obsessively following my Twitter feed as this “administration” – I use that word very loosely –  implodes before my eyes.

As Dorothy Parker said, “What fresh hell is this?”

I have to get going, my friends. Today, work. Tomorrow, rest.

Rest in Peace, Robert Osborne. You were and are irreplaceable.

Happy Tuesday.

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A Project

March 6, 2017 at 9:27 am by Claudia

A sunset for you. Friday night? I think so, though life has been rather unfocused lately. The past three weeks have been a blur and, though some of it has been lovely, much of it has not  been lovely. I’m trying to stay in the now for the next 8 days before Don leaves. I’m a bit resentful of this virus and the fact that it ‘took me away’ from Don. Of course, it really didn’t, as he was here and taking care of me. I guess I mean that I wish I hadn’t felt so god-awful so we could have had lighter, happier days. Ah, well. There’s no replay allowed, so we’ll move forward and enjoy the next week together.

I do have to go into the city tomorrow for a run through and then I’m done for about a week and a half or so, until final dress rehearsals begin.

Perhaps because I read that lovely new quarterly magazine, QuiltFolk, perhaps because I know my evenings will soon be something other than a time to cuddle with my husband – whatever the reason, I brought out this work in progress:

I pieced this together a few years ago while working in Hartford. It’s meant to hang on a wall, though it would also work nicely as a throw. (The wall it was meant to hang on is now our ‘gallery wall’ by the stairs.) I started hand quilting it back then and I’ve pulled it out a few times, but it hasn’t been touched in a while. Hand quilting – which is the only way I quilt – is slow going and I have to be motivated to do it.

I’m feeling motivated. I think it will be the perfect thing to do as I pass the time ‘of an evening.’ Nothing is quite as fun to watch alone as it is with Don. I’ll probably end up watching MSNBC, cursing repeatedly, and jabbing my needle into the quilt.

We’ve started watching Rachel Maddow again after having stayed away from the news after that man was elected. Maddow is brilliant, of course, and she manages to weave information together into something coherent. She does the hard work for us and like the teacher she is, leaves us knowing more than we did by the end of her show. A lot more. We find we’re clinging to her nightly show because we need to connect the dots and that’s something she does better than anyone else.

The winner of a copy of Wilde Lake  by Laura Lippman is Katheryn! Congratulations. I’ll send you an email, Katheryn.

Happy Monday.

 

 

 

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