gender? perspective? is there a right and wrong? Attended a small black box theatre performance of three – 2 act plays in a nearby village. Two pieces were written by newer, but older, playwrights and both were men. The premise of the first play was about a traveling professional woman [tpw] who set up one-night-stands …
Monthly Archives: October 2017
More Inhabitants – part 2
The sounds coming from around and out of the church up the hill made it clear that the parade was not going to begin at 12 noon. The heat was increasing so we got out of the car to stand beside it. As we stood there we were joined by the two friends who had …
The Inhabitants – more from the 4th of July Parade
The man was no doubt in his 60’s and his golden labrador puppy less than a year. He wore his years and experiences on his face and his body, including an eighth-month-preggers-beer-belly. He stopped by our car’s open window and began to chat. Said he had lived here 43 years and was now trying to …
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A Parade Like No Other
Although it is long past, a review of the 4th of July parade that took place in a small nearby hamlet is not to be forgotten. [was meant for 12 July posting.] This parade had been recommended with the warning, ‘Don’t be 5 minutes late, you’ll miss it’. We drove to the hamlet down a …
Has Talent
One of the nearby villages had its first annual talent show on Saturday evening. To take the stage and face your neighbors you have to be 1. fearless 2. confident 3. good at your talent 4. delusional 5. brave 6. a brash young teen 7. an inventor of your history. This list pretty much covers …