Catching Up, Sort Of

It's been much too long since I added to this blog, though not for lack of things to write about. In fact, things have been very busy around the Brooks household recently, in part because we are finally pulling out of the long winter, waking from the lethargy that so often accompanies the cold.

Of course, there is spring cleaning, which for us is not so much about deep scrubbing as about purging and reorganizing all that just got shoved away since last summer. The tool shed was a high priority, because we are going ahead with building our house. And we're selling the current digs, too big, too expensive, too drafty, and over-taxed. We'll miss the beach, but we still get the pond. We expect to be in our new house by the end of the summer. Wow.

This past weekend, Thomas attended the Junior/Senior Prom. Who'd have thought? He got a suit for the occasion, and he looked wonderful. Pictures to come. He even danced!

Oh, yeah. I turned 50 since the last entry. I guess I'll have to put up pictures of that, too.

I'm also diving right into theatrical directing. I picked a play, Percival Lowell's Refund, and casting begins next Tuesday. The play is one of three one-act plays The Village Players will be presenting on August 24th and 25th, all by new directors.

So, a full summer, but a very exciting one. And one I will try harder to report. Wish me luck.

Liar, Liar

The weather in this place has been lying viciously. This morning the sun came out, melting the wet, heavy snow from Thursday night and yesterday morning, leaving open water on the pond and clearing the more steeply-pitched roof sections. The driveway was even dry.

But tomorrow we are expecting two to four inches of soggy snow, followed on Monday morning by heavy rain. Sounds like a formula for an exciting commute.

Karen, I'm happy to day, will be able to avoid the worst of it since she has Monday off. It remains to be seen if William and Tom will have the day off school; I certainly wouldn't want to drive a bus in these conditions.

Tonight Thomas and I went to see the Village Players production of House Guest. It was something of a departure for the theater group, which does a lot of comedy. But they pulled it off in grand style. Quite a few of the VP members asked me when I am going to get back on the stage. The answer? Not until the fall. I'm set to direct two plays before then, and there's only one male role in the summer production, for which I am (for the time being at any rate) a bit young.

Meanwhile, there is another project that will be using up a lot of my time. We're going ahead with the new house, after all, and, yes, putting the current one on the market. Stay tuned for details, as the weather, eventually, cooperates.