yes, ZIP go the days. I’m very busy and absorbed, not necessarily having a good time. I “finished” my book and sent it in - have to brace myself for rewrites. In the meantime I am back at the “final” draft of the screenplay, paying full attention to formatting, dialogue, scene headings, punctuation and typos. Very slow work. So it’s the day after the day after and I’ll get back to you soon, today, I hope. Keep paying attention to Canada’s new Food Guide. Next time I shop I’m going to the Bulk Barn. Do you like red lentils? Do you know how much pine nuts cost?
I have another couple of books to tell you about, too. Just what you were waiting for.
milestone or millstone
Not sure. l I’ll have to write something before I decide. Soon.
Not that soon, as it happened. Yesterday afternoon I went to a play by a local (Toronto) playwright-friend whose marketing skills I admire as well as his writing. I have been much too passive in my production efforts, not only now because of my age and energy level but also because as a female of a certain class and era, I have been less aggressive . I was never very good at shameless self-promotion. Call it modesty or laziness.
This is about my friend’s play. Dave Carley is not a household name, but he has had 450 productions of his works (I’ve counted about a dozen plays, don’t have a definitive list), and he has made a living, augmented by a day job related to his expertise. His work has been seen in Toronto Fringes and small local theatres as well as elsewhere in Canada and the United States. I haven’t been elsewhere but I try to get to all his local productions. This one, Canadian Rajah, a two-hander, is not entirely new but it’s new to me and it’s one of the best of his that I have seen.
Based on a fascinating true story, the play haunted Dave’s mind for twenty years before he wrote it down (aka created it), and it couldn’t have come at a better time than now, with its story of racist imperialism. I don’t want to drop any spoilers, just to say it’s quite moving; the acting is excellent, Dave’s writing is impeccable. The play just launched and runs Wednesday through Sunday for the next three weeks at Campbell House.