Or not.
I have been trying to pull things together for 2008, if no where else at least in my head.
We’ve started, albeit a little late, pre-production stuff for Sacramento Taiko Dan’s Spring concert at the SCNA 24th Street Theatre. We are also working on publicity and stuff for Shidara’s Tour and, especially, for their performance in Sacramento on March 31.
I’m joining the tour for the Alaska portion, which should be a bit of fun, and I am thinking to take the long way home and travel by ferry from Whittier to Prince Rupert and then from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy and then on down to Victoria and over to Vancouver and then home. I want to live a little, and that’s one way to do it.
I realize that I am so far behind on so many things a lot of stuff is still falling by the wayside. Meanwhile, a whole bunch of other things keep piling up. Mostly right now i am trying to deal with things related to my father’s estate and the foreclosure on his house, which is a bit of a headache, but nothing too hard. The harder thing was the subsequent death of my grandfather and the changes it’s brought to my grandmother’s life, and the fact that I am the closest one to her (geographically speaking) meaning I am the first one she calls when something goes awry or when she’s feeling a bit lonely, which is often.
Meanwhile I am keeping my eye on the moochers in my back yard. The colony seems to have stabilized at 11 feral cats, two of whom I still need to trap and spay/neuter. I am torn and ambivalent about assuming responsibility for them, but I know if I keep them fed at least they won’t go after as many birds…and it’s the right thing to do…or at least I think it’s the right thing to do. It’s not like I have an abundance of resources to expend, but since the two neighbors who have been feeding these cats are now gone, I guess it’s my turn to become the crazy cat lady next door.
Donations to the cat food fund are gratefully appreciated.
I am itching to compose of late and have started quite a few pieces but really haven’t been able to settle on anything or finish anything. Nothing has felt quite right. I am looking to the world around me for inspiration. It’s a slow process.
My cat is settled in to the covers beside me. I love my cat.
Lots to think about and lots more to do. The thing I am feeling a need to say is that I am not always the best about sending thank you cards and acknowledgements. I just want everyone to know how grateful I am for each and every thing done on my behalf. Great or small.
Please understand I have boxes and boxes filled with mementos and cards and all sorts of things from different people or things that remind me of what people have done on my behalf. I even buy cards and such to send out, and those eventually end up in the boxes, too. I am so terrible in that way. It’s not that I don’t think about it, though, and it’s not that I don’t remember or consider the impact of these acts of kindness or benevolence, hospitality or graciousness. My life is filled with reminders of them and gratitude in my heart. I am so very lucky to have been helped along the way by so many people. I am so very grateful to have the love and support of so many people. It makes it possible for me to do the work that I do. I think I am still doing good work and I hope that it’s some small recompense for what I have received, though in my reckoning I feel like it’s not enough.
In lighter news I was watching the Disney movie “Ratatouille” the other day and saw both Krissy Cababa & Ken Hinoki pop up in the credits (yes, I always watch the credits when I see a movie), and it was a pleasant surprise to see Taiko folks’ names suddenly pop up where I least expect them.
Unfortunately it means I have no idea what’s going on in the lives of many of the people I know and love.
Have I meandered far enough to think I should maybe get back to sorting boxes….?
Yep. Ok. I need to add I am not kidding about the boxes.
Oh. keep an eye out for Shidara. They’re coming to a town near you in very short order. Megan (www.taikofury.com) has been working her posterior off pulling this tour together. You don’t want to miss it. I swear. This group has heart and passion and musicality and precision and…Megan performing aside from tour producing.
Oh, and if you’re gonna be in Japan in June-ish, Art Lee is celebrating his 15th Anniversary.
Off to pet my cat.