Well, dear readers, we had us a really fun matinee and a spirited talkback afterwards. The audience, mostly older folks, was very vocal, lots of laughs, and the cast was having lots of fun, too. Robert Yacko was my guest, and several Group Rep members were there, and an old friend of mine from many years ago who brought me some fun gifts, and lots of subscribers. Two of the older folks both said this was their favorite thing they’ve seen at the Group Rep. They loved the musical numbers but also found the story intriguing and timely. We had quite a few questions and we gave quite a few answers – one of the best talkbacks I’ve been part of at Group Rep. We have another next Sunday. Prior to the matinee I got about seven hours of sleep. After the matinee, many of us went to Granville in NoHo, housed in what used to be one of NoHo’s best theaters, the NoHo Arts. I had my usual Uptown Mac and Cheese with chicken and asparagus, and it was great, as always. Lots of fun conversation, and we were there for about two hours. After that, I came right home, ordered a piece of cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory, then wrote a couple of new pages and started a new chapter whilst waiting for the cheesecake to arrive. It did, I ate it all up, watched some irritating YouTube videos, dozed off for thirty minutes, and then began to write these here notes, which proved impossible due to my hands locking up but good, which was beyond irritating. Beyond Irritating – that’s the title of my next novel. Finally, the locked-up hands calmed down and so here I am, writing these here notes late, trying to get them posted so I can write another few pages of the book so I can FINALLY send Muse Margaret her first batch of pages. I can’t think of much else that happened yesterday, so this is an unusually brief opening paragraph, and I’m jiggy with that.

Today, I’ll be up when I’m up, I have to go back in the book and adjust two things, then futz and finesse the last few days of writing, then send the first batch of pages to Muse Margaret for her mental delectation. I’ll eat something light but fun, I’ll write new pages, I’ll catch up on a few other things, including a written interview for a magazine that I said I’d do, I’ll hopefully get a call from Muse Margaret, I’ll write more pages, and then I can watch, listen, and relax.

Tomorrow, she of the Evil Eye comes, so I’ll breakfast, do some errands and whatnot, then it’s back to writing new pages for most of the day and evening. Same with Wednesday and Thursday. I may have a lunch meeting on one of those days. Then we resume performances on Friday night.

Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up when I’m up, adjust two things early in the book, futz and finesse, and then send Muse Margaret the first batch of pages, catch up on other things, answer questions for an interview, hopefully get a call from Muse Margaret, write more new pages, and then watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: When was the first time you ever had mac and cheese? Homemade? Kraft? What’s the best you ever had? The worst? And do like other stuff in it? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, happy to have had a really good matinee and talkback.