I am still sitting in tech rehearsals for A Christmas Carol today. I've been amping up the spooky on the deisgn this year. It's what you get when a horror designer does a Christmas show.

Nice. I like a scary Christmas Carol.

It *is* a ghost story.

We're nearing the end of our put-in for our alternate Scrooge. Previews tonight, Friday, Saturday and then opening on Sunday. Monday morning is focus for our new play festival. I'll be hanging out with Tom Morello for some of that.

24 hours delay in the ceasefire deal. Reports say Hamas didn't sign yet, but the news is new and if there's one thing I learned by now is to wait at least a few hours (if not days) before I trust anything that wasn't published and verified by several independent sources.

(I made tentative plans to see some friends in a more targeted area on Friday if there's a ceasefire).

It *is* a ghost story.

Exactly. We've been having fun with the sound design and the spooky spectral this year. It's year 20 for me with the show, and I think 42 or something like that for the overall production.

Timelies all!

{{{lisah}}} {{{smonster}}}

smonster, I’m so sorry to hear this.

lisah, this will be hard but there will be moments you can take with you. Of love, if not joy - and maybe some of that too.

skippidy skip ~Ma and hugs all around

I just went to the store and got to the checkout but couldnt find my bank card, ran home and checked every coat I've worn in the last week and it wasn't there. had to go back and only by the TP that was the main thing and paid with meager cash. not a good end of the day for me.

thank you all for listening

Ha! I put Emmett and Matilda in charge of making JZ's spanikopita, doing it as a joint Zoom call with the Portland fam.

I come down to put my dry brined turkey in the fridge down there and see the carton of eggs undisturbed.

"How many eggs did you put in the filling?"

"None. No eggs."

"Did you read the recipe?!! I showed you two recipes and both of them required three to five eggs. It's not going to hold together without the eggs!"

"Angela [Aunt in Portland] didn't put any eggs in it either!"

"It'll be fine!"- says Emmett.

[Narator's voice] "It will definitely not hold together without the eggs."

I told them about nineteen times to read both recipes before they started. They did not.

Worst case scenario is the filling will make a tasty hot cheesy spinach dip.

I roasted some veg and turkey wings and started the stock. And I'll do the mushrooms tonight and be way ahead of the game (I hope).

...then again, with the cleaning and food prep I'm kind of hitting the wall and want to not.

I might be done for the day.

There's something to be said for just getting up at 7 on Thanksgiving and getting it all done.