MONDAY MUSINGS: A FISH OUTTA WATER?

MIDWEEK MUSINGS are about being in a boisterous, full auditorium where I only knew 2 people. One was a Master Gardener friend who was ushering, and my friend Mary Ann, who invited me as her guest to attend Carisa Hendrix's Lucy Darling Show. All I knew going to this performance was that we would be seeing magic. Mary Ann has seen Ms Hendrix perform at a couple of her magic conventions, and Mary Ann ran into members of her Little Rock Magicians' Club. 

1987 Canadian-born Carisa Hendrix, with a following of over 4 million. She's a sharp-tongued comedian, magician, and fire eater, selling out everywhere. (Everywhere, except Little Rock. I recently saw free ticket offers with purchases.) But it was a full theater, and the beer lines were ginormous. The crowd's dress ranged from jeans and sweats to all outlandish types of outfits, not just cuz it's Halloween week either. A lot more skin than I even see at water aerobics.

Hendrix's best known as ' Lucy,' a 1940's socialite donning glittery evening gowns and wielding a martini, using vaudeville, crowdwork and magic with this adoring fan base. 

"Hendrix identifies as gay, non-binary, and a drag queen. Her Lucy character was inspired by Eartha Kitt, Mae West, and Dorothy Parker."

I might have been a fish outta water, but I joined in on the sing-alongs and laughter. There were definitely innuendoes that went over my head, but it was an enjoyable evening of schtick. The crowd loved her even if her magic has taken more of a back seat. We were bewitched by her impressive slight of hand.

For tour dates check: carisahendrix.com

tUESDAY tUNES:HOLD ON

tUESDAY tUNES Hold On by the Sounds of Blackness encompasses what Natureman would constantly say, "Everything is Political. " VOTE.  Help get out the vote. You don't have to wait until the 3rd of November, vote early.

If my political video doesn't transfer the song in its entirety is below...

FB: IVORY COURTS HOLD ON

Here's the entire song:

HOLD ON

FOTO FRIDAY: ANXIETY

FOTO FRIDAY: If getting the vote out for upcoming elections isn't filled with enough angst, the Arkansas Fine Arts Center opened their newest exhibit : The Age of Anxiety: German Expressionism in Art and Film

I made my own self-portrait:

Last FOTO FRIDAY was  DANCE AS IF NO ONE IS WATCHING

TBT:OCTOBER 22, 2012

 For today's TBT I've gone through the archives and pulled up a post about from Oct 22, 2012 Another One Bites the Dust ... Life in the End of the Rainbow Valley.and my intro to having chickens,..

Monday, October 22, 2012

Another one bites the dust...

We lost a chicken and it was due to the fact that one of the girls decided to 'fly the coop.' When we are done harvesting, the girls have full run of the garden, but you know how the grass is always greener on the other side? Well, someone decided to spread her wings. Those teenagers always think they know everything... She didn't make it back home. SO now we are down to 10 girls.

This called for a covert operation headed by Natureman with his sidekick me, as his assistant. Once it was dark and the girls were roosting for the night, we headed to the coop. Natureman had the clippers in hand, and I had the flashlight. My job was to keep the light on the chicken as he did what he needed to do... The only problem was that the clippers were basically useless. Nothing like adding a little anxiety to the procedure. SO back to the house we went to grab something that would work better on feathers and plain old kitchen scissors were chosen as the instrument.

The girls didn't fuss at all as Natureman would extend a wing and just cut off the tips of some feathers. It wasn't easy being the light source with my eyes closed at first, but since there was no squawking, I opened my eyes and realized it was more painful to me than them. It was like getting a haircut. Whew.

Hopefully this will deter future adventure desires for the others right here in the End of the Rainbow Valley//as Kylie may find out that you may spread your wings and not fly if they are clipped.

MIDWEEK MUSING : LIVING IN THE NATURAL STATE

 MIDWEEK MUSING is about slowing down enough to take advantage of where one lives... 

With the change of seasons, have you noticed how the sky has been really busy morphing? Intense cloud formations and sky color. That crispness in the air ... FALL.

It was time for a convertible ride down Highway 10...

I called my neighbor and asked if she'd like to join me ?

She was game and Mother Nature did the rest... Just in time for sunset ... in a matter of minutes

2 Rivers Park beckoned us to watch night truly fall. 

Another day in the Natural State...

tUESDAY tUNES: PRAYER

tUESDAY tUNES features Sheku-Kanneh Mason, a 27-year-old British cellist who won the 2016  BBC Young Musician award delivers Prayer from his new album. It is powerful and tugs at one's soul strings.

Take a  listen to PRAYER.

MONDAY MUSINGS: ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE

MONDAY MUSINGS reflect a wonderful weekend ending enjoy- ing LifeQuest's Improv Class's production of Lady Susan by Jane Austen. The seating in the round was filled for the Sunday matinee.

Lady Susan was actually published after Austen died in 1871. The story revolves around a flirtatious, scheming widow (played by friend Anne (center) who has been kicked out of her friend's house for her coquettish behavior with the married man of the house. Shameless! She ends up on the estate of her brother-in-law (played by my junior high buddy Alan) and sets her sights on his 17-year-old son, trying to marry off her own daughter and ends up with a wealthy husband of her own. 

Thank goodness the play is cleverly told through letters as the actors are all LifeQuest members (translated 'seniors') and that would be oodles of lines to memorize. I loved the director's disclaimer "to be aware that the actors'ages may not always correspond with characters portrayed." Wink, wink...

What a hoot it was, and another example that "All the World is a Stage." 

Well done to all the thespians in LifeQuest's Improv class and their instructor and director, Wayne Chapman.