Do you realize we've been doing this since August? In most books, that makes this a "long term relationship" and I'd say a pretty successful one at that.
Just wanted to take a minute to thank all of you for participating. I've really enjoy what we do here, and I look forward to seeing you all in person again very soon!!! Only 7 weeks until Olga & I are done with school, and the move into the new Pavilion will be over, too!
April 5th from 10AM - 2PM is the public open house of the new Women's Care Pavilion. Hope you all that are non-Carondeletians will consider stopping by!
Fond regards,
Robin
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Born Standing Up by Steve Martin
Very interesting memoir of Steve Martin's life just to the end of his early 80's success. I love anything he does (L.A. Story is a favorite) but honestly, for all its acclaim, this book is somewhat FLAT. I hate to say it, because I don't want to believe it, but his is a life frought with lucky breaks...as are many of those who are successful in Hollywood. I mean, his first writing gig at 22 was for the Smothers Brothers Show, along with Rob Reiner and that guy...whats-his-face... that became the dorky comedian Super Dave? Wow!
I enjoyed his acknowledgement that even though he was successful, he always had anxiety, overthought every act, and was in fact, very lonely at the end of the day. I had hoped to hear more about his life after that success, because at the end of the book he just begins to discuss getting to know himself, loosening up, and really enjoying his craft.
~ Robin
I enjoyed his acknowledgement that even though he was successful, he always had anxiety, overthought every act, and was in fact, very lonely at the end of the day. I had hoped to hear more about his life after that success, because at the end of the book he just begins to discuss getting to know himself, loosening up, and really enjoying his craft.
~ Robin
Friday, March 7, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
Anyone for a Field Trip?
Dancing at Lughnasa
Live Theatre Workshop
Thru 3/30
from the website: http://www.livetheatreworkshop.org/main.html
Winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Broadway Play, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Chosen by Time magazine as one of the ten best plays for 1991, saying it is "The most elegant and rueful memory play since The Glass Menagerie." Widely regarded as Brian Friel's masterpiece, this extraordinary play is the story of five unmarried sisters, one with a young son, eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in 1936. It is the time of the festival of Lughnasa, which celebrates the pagan god of the harvest with drunken revelry and dancing. Their spare existence is interrupted by brief, colorful bursts of music from the radio, their only link to the romance and hope of the world at large. When the sisters finally dance to a wild, pagan Irish tune, they embody the core of the human spirit that cannot be vanquished by time or loss, or fully expressed in language.
I haven't checked on ticket availability, wanted to see if anyone was interested.
Surely someone else wants to dance to a wild, pagan Irish tune!
~Judy
Live Theatre Workshop
Thru 3/30
from the website: http://www.livetheatreworkshop.org/main.html
Winner of the 1992 Tony Award for Best Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Broadway Play, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. Chosen by Time magazine as one of the ten best plays for 1991, saying it is "The most elegant and rueful memory play since The Glass Menagerie." Widely regarded as Brian Friel's masterpiece, this extraordinary play is the story of five unmarried sisters, one with a young son, eking out their lives in a small village in Ireland in 1936. It is the time of the festival of Lughnasa, which celebrates the pagan god of the harvest with drunken revelry and dancing. Their spare existence is interrupted by brief, colorful bursts of music from the radio, their only link to the romance and hope of the world at large. When the sisters finally dance to a wild, pagan Irish tune, they embody the core of the human spirit that cannot be vanquished by time or loss, or fully expressed in language.
I haven't checked on ticket availability, wanted to see if anyone was interested.
Surely someone else wants to dance to a wild, pagan Irish tune!
~Judy
Yaaaay, Amy!
Amy posted a comment! She's left the ranks of those who have nothing to say!
Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.
~Judy
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