Another splendid day here in the Hinterlands!
Oddly enough, is makes it easier to sit at my desk when the weather is so beautiful. I have 3 really tall, wide-open windows in my room. So much air. So much sun. So many birds singing!
Okay. This happened the other day. From Johnny Depp on Instagram. Here’s hoping he gets back to perfect really soon:
I thought this was just beautiful. It brought tears to my eyes–
The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders (2 mins):
And, yes, this next one falls under “posting about the war”… however, I really appreciated what he had to say so I wanted to share it. I’m kinda feeling like boycotting these American brands for their provocative advertising is only hurting the workers — which is what they want. The overlords are the criminals, not the advertising campaigns. Wouldn’t it be great if we could use our spirits to find a better way to react to all this?
💥EPIC RANT!!! BUD LIGHT, TARGET, NORTH FACE… WHY ARE THESE COMPANIES DOING THIS?, WELL HERE’S WHY (3 mins):
And, yes, I did sign up for CUE Streaming! I have no working smart TV right now and no working fire stick. I do not really like television, yet I love Amazon Prime but I hate watching it on my tiny phone…
Still I signed up for CUE: 4000 channels for $60 a month, no contract. Yes, 4000 channels to watch on my tiny phone…
If you follow Phil, then you know this CUE thing was a HUGE brouhaha the last couple of days. (And if you missed him last night — expect tribunals in June and military to start popping up all over America.)
And that’s it for the war effort!
If you missed my post from Memorial Day — I gave some very serious thought to some advice Simon Parkes gave over the weekend, and I have disengaged from posting about the war. I’m still following it, just not posting about it. There are too many psy-ops out there, too much noise, most of it created by White Hats to force people to wake-up. It is nearly impossible to find any actual news anymore. So I’m shifting my energy and my focus.
However.
Being a digital soldier for LT. General Michael Flynn was probably the most important work I ever did with my life and these last couple of years were probably the best years of my life. I helped a lot of people find the information that would help them stay alive. It felt incredible.
But it was also dangerous in the beginning — going up against the [DS] when I was a public personality; an internationally known writer. They really harassed me and often scared the shit out of me. And all of it, of course, killed my career. It was very lonely. All of it. I lost family, friends, colleagues. Basically, 2 people stood by me through everything — my ex-husband, Wayne, in NYC, and my best friend Valerie, in Brooklyn.
Gratitude doesn’t even come close to covering how I feel for them.
And, after 3 years, it is time to move forward again.
Readers of the blog know that I am now hard at work on re-writes of the current play that I’m doing with Sandra Caldwell, The Guide to Being Fabulous. It’s premiering in Toronto at Soulpepper Theatre in October and rehearsals begin in September.
Yesterday, the DORA Award nominations were announced in Toronto (DORA is sort of like the Tony Awards or Obie Awards, but for Canada). And Soulpepper Theatre received 18 nominations (!!) for the various plays they produced last year, and the director of our upcoming play, Weyni Mengesha, was nominated for outstanding director.
So the pressure is on, gang!!! Sandra and I need to kick some happy ass and pull out all the stops with The Guide to Being Fabulous! A one-woman musical about her incredible life. We are in some truly remarkable company with Soulpepper and have some great big, entertaining shoes to fill.
For those of you who don’t keep up with my writing career– Sandra and I are production partners in original theatrical works. So far, we have a total of 4 original plays in various stages of development. Our production company is based in NYC, and is sort of called “Blood on the Floor Entertainment” but we’re not 100% sold on that…. we’d prefer, you know, to not have all that blood on the floor.
Anyway. So that’s what I’m doing this week — nailing the re-writes for Act One. And I’m going to get back at it right this minute.
If you’ve been following the lessons on Jeremiah that I’ve been posting here, here is episode 23–
Ross K. Nichols – A Blinding Vision – The World and Words of the Prophet Jeremiah (Episode 23) (35 mins):
Have a wonderful Wednesday, wherever you are in the world!!
Thanks for visting.
I love you guys. See ya!
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I just love this photo of Nick Cave. So emotional. It’s from last weekend, at the Hay Literary Festival:
And I leave you with this! Let’s celebrate 1975!!! Enjoy, gang!!!!!