Curtain

 So, the 2nd staged reading of AN UNTETHERED WOMAN was last night and it went well. 

I was worried that no one would come even after I accosted complete strangers on the streets of Helena asking, "Do you like community theater?" then giving them a postcard-sized invitation to the play no matter what they said.

The space in the Myrna Loy Theater was set up for 40 with me pacing back and forth, programs in hand, asking, "where is everybody?" Up until about five minutes to performance when we had a bit of an overflow crowd.

There were a lot of laughs. A few tears and many interesting conversations after the show about grief and theater.

I'm still processing how listening to actors illuminates the script from a different angle for me. 

We're On!

Myrna Loy Theater

 

Look Up

 Northern Lights

International Observe the Moon Night

 

Carry On

 I might have a tote bag problem.

Oh Montana

 So far this year, we've had a flood.

And now, a fire.

I expect the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse any day now.

PS (8/21/24)  

Never, ever, never say --

'Jeez, what else could happen' 

 or  

'What other disaster could possibly befall us?' 

Because this happened next.

 Just say - think - believe, 

Oh Universe, I'm so happy to be getting along with the Wonder of You.

Can I get an Amen?

Amen.

Horse Gulch Fire

View from York

 

Survival of the Quickest Learner

Leaving the latest horror/disaster film* yesterday a little off-kilter as the great horror films will leave a person, I wondered.

Why are the streets empty? (Montana.)

 

How many people in WalMart would survive an alien invasion? (6 to 5 and pick 'em.)

 

How fast does a person have to be to adapt to quickly changing survival strategies?

 

I was right with the folks in the film staring into the sky – wonder what that is?**

 

I once lived in a city that had a train wreck caused toxic chemical spill and I briefly thought, ‘wonder what that looks like’ before deciding to stay home.

 

And what is the deal with cats in horror movies?

 

Seriously, people, let the monster have the cat.

 

Run.

 

Don’t look back.

 

Photo by Tran Mau Tri Tam on Unsplash
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 *A Quiet Place. Day One

 

**and we all are right now waiting for the T Coronae Borealis nova to happen!

 

There's Something Between Us and the Sun

 

Day at the Beach

 

Just Last Night

Northern Lights

 

Almost

Eclipse day. 

Montana was to get 30% coverage and we  a l m o s t  did until we got 100% cloud cover.

Night Sky March 2024

 Me and the SeeStar out at night.

Stay out of the Water

Trapped at an isolated mountain resort, a small band of survivors struggle to escape when a primeval entity oozes out of a lake and consumes everything and everyone in its path. 

Weekend recreation turns into a desperate run for survival. 

Is it an algae bloom gone nuclear? An alien from outer space, or a science experiment reaching extinction threshold?