Telling a story at the same time a national presidential election is unfolding most likely means no one was listening to my story. Interesting, especially because in the story the lead character tells his disciple how not to get upstaged. The story, Curtain!, found in The First Gathering Of The Break Time Stories and in the ebook Four Break Time Stories, features a working actor, envious of more successful and famous actors and living his life through noting the mechanics of their performances, passes on to his protege his best instructions. This is complicated by their May-December romance and the age difference troubles him. Things don’t work out and her career disappears without a trace. And then, later in life, she reappears. It’s a “talky” story that explores the dynamics of actors creating realistic characters and how to live the lifestyle of a performer.
Marina’s Gretel and Andy, God’s Gift; The Lives Of Two Seeing Eye Dogs, continues to sell well online. The Osceola Seniors want some sort of an encore to the book debut event. Marina’s spoken intro at the event was excellent and there is some video. Since she cannot see to read from the book, we’ll see what can satisfy the “encore” request.
Son Aaron is back in his home in Portugal after a ten day visit. We had a family gathering to remember our late daughter Heide’s birthday. Hannah and Dewey Fansler were our hosts and it was good. Aaron built a cover for our entry ramp with the assurance that it will save me some snow shoveling/ice removal efforts this Winter. I’m sorta ready for the season: the dock and pontoon have been pulled, outside items have been covered or moved to protected areas, and today I’m going to winterize the golf cart batteries.