Amazingly Another entry

I did a lot of fabric cutting yesterday. I got it down to a couple of puppet skins to go (2 to 5 depending). I did get the first part of the mouths and foam skulls done also. All in all not a bad days work. This was possible because Peter took Caroline out to the playground to play because it was such a nice day. She met up with her little friend Katie and the two of them romp around the play ground and played in the sandbox for quite a long time. Once lunch became an issue, they had to go their separate ways. Caroline then took a power nap since she expended so much energy in the morning.

So today is all about the sewing. I want to get all the outfits done for Shoreleave so I can use Tuesday to focus on finishing the puppets for the Art Show. These guys are a little more of an experiment so we'll see how they turn out. I hope well and cute enough that people want to buy them since I can put them at a slightly lower price point than my usual hand and rod puppets.

Phil Foglio has announced in his blog that Hayao Miyazaki passed away due to a stroke on July 1st. I can't find independent conformation on this but the Japanese tend to keep death a private matter and don't automatically announce it to the world. Considering his volume of work that has been seen in the US, I am hoping against hope that Phil just has some bad info but I don't think he would announce it unless he believed it to be true.

I am grateful for time to get stuff done in.

RIP Lloyd Richards

Lloyd Richards was the Dean of the Yale School of Drama during my time there. He was not a tall man but he had a presence about him that was one of quiet dignity and knowledge. When Lloyd spoke you listened. Actors loved working with him as did playwrights. He let me play with his Tony for Fences. Did you know that the medallions spin? Lloyd surround himself with people who knew what they were doing so he could do his job and let them do theirs. August Wilson and Lloyd Richards seemed joined at the theatrical hip. Rarely was one mentioned without the other popping up in the conversation. He will probably go down in theatrical history for his work with developing new playwrights for the American stage. I will always remember his sense of humor and his love of the Drama School and all the people within it.

So within the last year we lost Lloyd, August and Ben Mordichi.

I am grateful that I knew Lloyd.

It's Gonna Be one of THOSE days....

I just found out that one of my high school friends passed away. I met Amy when we were in Elementary School and she was part of the science fiction club that we formed in high school out of the embers of the library club. Amy had a great sense of humor and a trap mind for trivia. We lost touch after college as so many high school friends do. She was part of the "how many people can we get into a Gremlin?" trip to see Superman the Movie. I think we got 9 total. Fun times.

I am grateful that I knew Amy and my sympathies are with her family and friends.

Hayao Miyazaki is alive and well and working on a new film

Whew! Well some good news. Phil announced that his source had it wrong and Hayao Miyazaki is just fine thank you and working on a new project.

I am grateful that he is alive.