Nutcracker time

Well it's that time of the year again - Nutcracker. Today starts my own 4-day weekend of Nutcracker. I hate putting on and taking off make-up but every other part of the weekend is great - great music, traditional story. Body has some problems - but so far I'm dealing with them. Hoping for good audiences.

We are at Upper Darby Performing Arts Center - a great venue.

The great stone circle of Perkiomenville - grows

The Great Stone Circle of Perkiomenville
November 4, 2008

We live in a rural area of Pennsylvania that was apparently at the leading edge of the last ice age millenia ago. There are large rocks throughout the forest behind my home.

Ten years ago in a burst of, take your pick - ancestral devotion, youthful folly, testosterone poisoning, I constructed a stone circle in my backyard. The stones were very heavy for one guy to move and erect without machines (I refused to use machines because that would be a profanation of the circle's purpose).

But there was one stone - I called it my fantasy stone - that was beautiful, but far too heavy for me to move. It was about 70 feet from my circle. I made an attempt but eventually gave up and figured it would remain always in my heart.

Well this past weekend my friend Mark Thomas came by with 4 big, strong, young guys and we tried to do it. We came close - and soon we will succeed.

Here's a couple pics:

Mark and the guys (l to r)

Mark, Nathan, Josh, Eric, Nick

Beginning the long journey

Halloween 2008

Vic did a really good Samarra Morgan from The Ring. First we went to see grandmommy and scared her good. Then we went to the Crushes for a really nice Halloween party. Vic had fun wth Margaret and a friend.

Here's Vic in the stone circle.