All In, the Family

"Rebellious subjects. Enemies to peace..." So begins the lines of the Prince of Verona (aka PoV, or Prince E) in the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. And we are all in.

Taylor is playing Balthazzar, Miles I recall is playing Abram, Jode will help with costumes, and I'm PoV. Actually, it's a split part, so you'll have to come and see it to see how it works out. Prince and Princess in some regards. Sam Cass and I in the role. So yesterday I started memorizing the lines, although rehearsal is months away. I'm looking forward to the exercises that the director puts us through before rehearsals. It's a great bonding time with the stage, our space, and mostly each other. I'm so excited about this!

Read any good books lately? I have. Just finished Simon Winchester's book about the earthquake in San Francisco in 1906, titled A Crack In The Edge Of The World. It's a brief geology education meshed with history of when geology and San Francisco met. Very well done. I liken Winchester to Bryson, except not as funny. They both do marvelous jobs of weaving together what seem like disparate strands of thought into a picture that both entertains and educates. Bryson just has more humor to add to it, and when I saw Bryson in Seattle last year, he sounds just like he writes. I wondered if Bryson morphed into the way he writes. I'm also reading Jefferson's writings, at least the Library of America's collection of them. He's got some rather forward looking ideas. I also notice that some issues, like global commercial trade, is rather old. And the protection of said industries from other countries, through tariffs and duties and regulations. The more things change....

Taylor is still gardening, and I really like the work he does. I spent a day working with him last year, in the rain. He's got great ideas and he's he a hard worker. Gardening is not unlike building a house, or remodeling one. One has to do a little demo at times to make way for new construction, be they walls or planting sites, or decorations for the garden. Taylor is reading Romeo and Juliet.

Miles is on his way home from Thailand this week. He lands here in Seattle Friday morning. Then he gets to discover a new direction in life, that so far as I know, is unknown at this time. His time there was mostly incommunicado as they are rather remote where he is. Since he's volunteering, he had to find a cafe that had pay-as-you-go WIFI to be able to communicate, at least for the first month. Then it was the time difference. He gets on-line when we're asleep. I don't think Miles is reading anything right now, but that's a guess.

Jode is still running the retail shop at Bayview Farm & Garden, as they expand their operation. They will be moving toward more of a beginning to end place, meaning they will be starting their own plants, rather than counting on wholesalers to do that for them. She also house sits a bit, as she is now, and still is re-adjusting our domicile for the return of Miles. Between her own gardens, and work, she's a busy gal. I don't remember what she's reading at the moment. She's like me in that she has a lot of books around her. I usually have two or more going at the same time, and although Jode has a lot of them nearby, I don't think she reads more than one at a time.

I'm still bending nails for now. Or tearing them apart, as of late. A little demo to make way. Still writing, still practicing the drums, and although things seem the same, they are changing more and more....