puppetmaker | Random Stuff that had/is happening in my life (Reply)

First Happy Equinox to all who celebrate the Spring/Autum solstice. Currently the weather is my kind of weather. Has been for the past week or so. I am a polar bear according to my friends. I like it in the low seventies/high sixties. It feels right. I like some wind in the air. I am okay with snow and rain. I am very sensitive to heat. This past summer was less killer than some previous. DragonCon was a breeze rather than the sweat fest it usual is.

Happy Birthday to the Baggins Boys. JRR Tolkien made this Bilbo and Frodo’s birthday. I expect it is busy at Bag End with some form of party or remembrance. I love those books. I still have fond memories of my father reading those books to me before I was at that reading level.

Tomorrow is going to be difficult for me. It would have been Peter’s sixty-nineth birthday. I have no idea how I am going to react to it. I might write a blog about Peter or I might shut down the entire day. What happens is what happens. I will deal with it.

I have been a bit at loose ends. I have NYCC coming up and the memorial has been set. DM me if you want the info for the memorial. I am looking forward to NYCC because I get to see folks I haven’t seen in a while. It will be nice to catch up with my comics gang along with the friends I have made along the way.

The memorial is the end of a long road that started with his death. I have needed to get this done for a while, but it was not possible until now. I had hoped to do it around his birthday, but I couldn’t find a venue. Now I have a venue and am working out the rest of the details. It needs to be done.

The will has entered probate. I don’t know quite where we are in the process, but I do know it is moving forward.

After the memorial and the will are sorted out, I am at loose ends.

I must figure out what is next for me.

Finding a job has been on going depressing job. I have some ideas that I have to reach out to some people on. I can’t do what I have done in the past. My legs are not what they were so desk job it is. Would I like to work from home? Yes, yes, I would. However, I am will to go into an office. I just want a decent paying job that doesn’t drive me crazy.

Would I like to make the puppets my permeant job? Yes, however, I stink at promotion. My website is a mess. And my business card needs to be redone. It’s funny, I can promote others. It’s really easy. When it comes to me, I get imposter syndrome although I know my puppets look very good. I have impressed others with them.

This past weekend I went to the Museum of the Moving Image to celebrate Jim Henson’s birthday (9/24/25) with like-minded people. They showed 71 best Muppet moments. Some made me laugh out loud others brought a tear to my eye.

Along the way, I taught a couple of people how to use their puppets that they had just bought. I felt good passing on the information that had been given to me oh so many years ago. I could see the light bulb go off over their heads as I explained what they needed to do. I think next time I am bringing a puppet or two or pay for a table and try to sell them.

I am grateful for puppets.