Sunday, May 16

Finished Lush Life, passed it on to Ryan as a great read I think he'll dig.

That reminds me, Julian is now reading Born to Run , one of my favorites from, I believe, last summer. I may have to flip through it again to refresh on some details. Then I think my student Case wants to borrow it.

Listening to a recorded Pride and Prejudice in the car. Not the best best reader, but OK. I'm quite astonished at how new it all seems to me--especially how much of Darcy's inner life is threaded through it from the early chapters on.

Re-read for work: Long Christmas Ride Home. Exquisite. Best.

Finishing a murder mystery in a series I may be done with, fun but kind of monotonous. (No, not my bf Archie and his boss!)

Theatre: Saw Madeline and the Gypsies today at NWCTS. Strange unfocused staging, haphazard story telling, but undeniably fun and full of talent. Went with a friend and a total of six kids, three boys and three girls. The girls sat nicely.

Theatre: new Alan Bennett play The Habit of Artthrough National Theatre Live broadcast. In many ways a pale copy of History Boys, but no matter. Richard Griffiths and Alex Jennings bigger than life, and all funny and smart and yearning; who am I to complain?

Extremely long faculty/staff awards ceremony at school. Oh so long. My friend Sarah got a big award, so that made it cool.

And tonight, young Haley (student) gave her senior recital in vocal music. One of a very few things that could have dragged me out to Forest Grove at this particular time. Very much worth it.

Sunday, May 9

Carrying on with Lush Life on CD. Great. Some of it reminds me of the best of William Goldman's storytelling, which never gets quite this complex, but almost. I realize Price is considered literary and Goldman something else, but hey--my blog, my rules.

Read/reread/watched for work: Gross Indecency, Sally's Rape, Wilde, Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Watched: You Light Up My Life on DVD. Sometimes you just have to get your Zaslow on.

Watched: Show Business: The Road to Broadway, very fun documentary with a good balance of insider/general interest. Reminded me how much I treasure Caroline, or Change.

Read: Where There's a Will (early Wolfe).

Theatre: Frogz for Mother's Day at Imago Theatre, Portland homegrown Mummenschanz-y perennial. Perfect M Day fare; Natey was enchanted, and we all had a great time.