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Sunday at Home

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After another good night’s sleep, I’m feeling a bit more human today. Of course, I have to get up at about 4:45 am tomorrow, so the whole thing will start up again. But, in the meantime, I’m going to enjoy this sunny and cold day. The leaves are off most of the trees – the hard frost that happened over a week ago took care of that. The burning bush is a gorgeous red and the oak leaves are still hanging in there – some gold, some red.

I got my first check yesterday but it was only for one day of work. Next week’s check will be for a full week’s work.

I’ve missed Don’s cooking! And our evenings together. And our routine, which we treasure more and more. He said he’s finally relaxing now that I’m home. I feel the same way. So we’re grateful for a little time together before I have to go back to the city.

Here’s Jim on the set during a night shoot in Greenwich Village.

And here is another shot of my gorgeous Maeve:

As with most redheads, green suits her. I grabbed this outfit right before I headed to the train station on Thursday. I had received notice that she’d be delivered either Thursday or Friday, so I wanted to be able to dress her in some fresh clothes.

I have a lot to do today before I drive to the set tomorrow, so I’ll make this short. I try to post whenever I have a chunk of  spare time so that I can check in with everyone.

Stay safe.

Happy Sunday.

Shaping Up Nicely

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In all the news yesterday, I forgot to mention that this arrived on my doorstep Tuesday afternoon. As always, it will not be read for a while as I like to delay gratification, knowing that there won’t be another one until next year. I have plenty of other books to read in the meantime. I might wait until I’m working in the city, as it would be the perfect book to read while I’m waiting on set. A lot of time (my husband tells me) is spent waiting for shots to be set up.

Thank you for all the wonderful comments yesterday. First, I haven’t heard anything from my sister about Z not feeling well, so that’s good news. Second, your heartfelt congratulations on the film brought a big old smile to my face.

I wrote Jim yesterday morning to thank him for this opportunity and he wrote me the most beautiful letter in return. It made me cry. I know he adores me (he said that in the letter, I’m not bragging!) and I adore him. Working with people who are good at what they do, that you trust implicitly, and that you love and adore is a rare thing and I think Jim has brought a lot of them in for this project.

I’m very blessed.

And, to take the ‘former student’ blessings even further, one of my former students from Boston University days contacted me on FB when I wrote a post asking for possible sublets. She and her family live in the Park Slope area of Brooklyn (I think in a brownstone) and she has a separate apartment in that brownstone that she sometimes rents as an airbnb. She was getting ready to rent it again this fall and she reached out to me. I’m going to chat with her today, but it sounds like the perfect solution. It has a kitchen, a living room, bedroom, etc. I trust her. She trusts me. Park Slope is right on Prospect Park and it’s gorgeous. I can access several subway lines.

I’ll know more tomorrow, but this whole thing seems to be shaping up quite nicely.

I’m also beginning to coach today. Ben and I have a Zoom session this afternoon.

In the meantime, we have yet another heat advisory today – I’m so sick of this humid weather and, believe me, my allergies and sinuses are really complaining!

Stay safe.

Happy Thursday.

Potpourri on Tuesday

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• I’m not sure when this feature was added, but my iPhone 7 plus has a ‘portrait’ mode. I am quite taken with it.

Here is a normal shot:

And here is portrait mode, which allows me to focus on the ZZ in the foreground. Everything else gets softened.

I like it.

• Rest in Peace, John Mahoney. He was such a wonderful actor. He didn’t start acting until later in  life, gaining fame from a production of John Guare’s House of Blue Leaves  that ran on Broadway in the 80s (also starring Swoosie Kurtz, Christine Baranski, Stockard Channing, and Ben Stiller.) That lead to his run on Frasier. Don worked with him on that show and said he was incredibly kind and nice; a good man.

• I managed to get rid of a lot of the ice on the driveway yesterday, enabling my escape to Lowes where I bought four 50 pound bags of salt. Needless to say, after getting them in my cart and then transporting them one by one to my porch, my back was in complaint mode. It’s been snowing this morning, but tomorrow is the big storm, which will bring several inches of snow along with freezing rain and ice. Help!

• There is going to be revival of the groundbreaking play, The Boys in the Band,  which will open on Broadway at some point this year. I’m proud to say that two of the nine actors are former students of mine: Jim Parsons and Brian Hutchison. Actually, now that you ‘know’ Rick, I should say “former students of ours.” We can’t take credit for their talent, but we can take credit for recognizing it when they auditioned for our MFA Acting program. We accepted both of them without hesitation. I’m so proud of them and prouder still that they are my friends to this day. You’d better believe we’re going to be in that audience.

• For those of you who are in the Resistance, I want to recommend a woman who has a page on Facebook. Some of you may already know of her – Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin. She’s a lawyer, an activist and very, very smart. I’ve found her daily Resistance Live broadcasts (at 11 am) to be a source of calm and lots of helpful information. She knows the legal world and she somehow manages to cut through all the speculation and fear that’s seems to be a part of any given day in this administration with clarity and passion. Just go to Facebook and search for Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin/Resistance Live.

Okay. it’s stopped snowing. Oh goody, not only do I have to shovel tomorrow and Thursday, but I get to shovel today, as well!

Happy Tuesday.

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