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I got one thing right. In Walt Disney’s Fantasia 1940’s collection included the “Sorcerer’s Apprentice”. Mickey Mouse splits a broom in two when the boss is out and the broom multiplies. Mayhem ensues. Sometimes it’s hard to remember the details, but something affecting you so much, gets lodged in your memory bank. That was the…

Here’s the thing. I am a sucker for frontier dramas. I start watching one and then it’s one episode after the next. This came about after I wrote and performed “Postcards”, about pioneers in the 1890’s. Willa Cather and such. So, now I’m watching “When Hope Calls”. “When Hope Calls” is set somewhere in a…

For unknown reasons, MediCal has been sending me pads to act as panty liners. I can use them but there is a limit to how many I need and how many I can store. Today I received two more containers of 48 pads each. Add this to the 11 containers that are stacked in my…

I’m not into sports that much, but there was a cartoon in the New Yorker that made me laugh. A linebacker (?), the guy who carries the ball to the goal, is pushing aside members of the opposing team. With each shove, he says, “ Excuse me, pardon me”. Which reminded me of the time…

I haven’t studied Earnest Hemingway’s literature a lot. It seems he was very influenced by the sea and the French Resistance during WW11. Tonight I watched “To Have and Have Not”, which takes place in French Martinique during the war. Humphrey Bogart is a sea captain who without conviction or loyalty to the ‘movement’, rescues…

This day, being 25 years since 9/11, there were several memorials. And through broadcast, we heard a synopsis at each site, NY, Washington and Pennsylvania. Certainly a time that could and will not be forgotten. I asked both my sisters where they were that day. Turns out, like many adult Americans, we three were on…

There are very few times when I’ve felt jealousy. The antidote is self confidence and security. But, there was one time I remember I was distinctly jealous. Mel was at a book symposium in Seattle. We went together and his newly released book was “Voluptuous Panic”. I demonstrated two dances originally by Anita Berber and…

I like heat, even in spicy food. Today surpassed my tolerance. It maxed out at 95%, which didn’t quite break the record. It was hot. I love light. My windows are floor to ceiling, which means 16’ x 20’, with western exposure. I get plenty of light. My friend, Lourdes, swims in the Bay. I…

A guy in a wheelchair shooting basket ball hoops from Iowa is running for the US Senate as a Democrat. He’s polling good. If he wins that would tip the ratio of the Senate. His name is Josh Turek. Fingers crossed here. Backed by Obama and me. Very warm/hot outside today. I went out to…

As I am reconstructing details of my past performances for an interview, I ran across one I’d overlooked. It was done at Studio Eremos (now defunct) at Project Artaud. I called it “And so forth -Notes on a Useless Country”. I was inspired by a short story by Georges Henein . I used his title.…