Moving Day - the next of the season at Talk is Free Theatre - is set on July 20, 1969, the night before the moon landing on July 21. Being a one-woman show, the world around her must lend itself to being both support AND character, supplying the audience with some understanding of place and psychology.

Sharon and her family are moving, again, to follow her husbands career - moving, something which has become an art for Sharon, among other creative pursuits. I've decided to surround her, create her house, with the moving boxes which contain all the family's possessions. Even the two man band will be initially hidden by boxes. And the boxes later become a city, little windows lit up, the Chrysler building, Empire State, apartments. Lots of fun. LOTS of boxes.

Just watched Patrick drive away, heading back to St. Jacobs. Hmm. What a transient life we lead. What a blessing the cats will be, filling the space with their own quiet energy. Something which feels so lovely to me, a warm, purring creature, willing to love and be loved, unintentionally distracting with simple needs.

Blog name-change soon.