By all normal measures, 2009 was a good year.

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The Lacemaker and the Princess by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley ( Read more... )

kiffie posted this in demmed_elusive.

Clips of the show and interviews with Kevin Goertzen (Percy) and Kacey Udy (scenic designer). There's a shot of the opening of "Madame Guillotine" that almost captures how cool it looked.

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Cate

( The Drive )

...I'm back home again. Actually, I got home last night, but eleven hours on the road made me too tired to post.

The trip was exhausting, but totally worth it. Even without the side effect of coming back much inspired with ideas for Twenty Years AfterHope to have the full report up by tonight. Including the near-apoplexy I experienced five ( Read more... )

Well, I'm safe and sound across the border. I've checked into a hotel in Butte, Montana and am using their business center. (I really do need to get a MacBook ( Read more... )

Well, I'm frantically doing the last of the packing for the Pimpernel Road Trip. I have to get to work for my last shift, then I'm leaving straight from there.

I do have the important stuff: passport, notebooks and pens, US cash, etc.

I do wonder if I'll get though all those 1940s Pimpernel radio plays on the drive (I do love them so ( Read more... )

...it's three days until the Pimpernel Road Trip!

Must pack!

Cate

And by "Golden" I mean "Pimpernel".

And by "have" I mean "held at Will Call".

Yes, I know it took me longer than the previously threatened twenty-four hours, but there were several hiccups.

First, I had to gear myself up for actually doing the trip solo. dame_grise is coming in spirit, but unless I get a hands-free unit for my car and a great ( Read more... )

The production of Pimpernel in Salt Lake City is already half sold out.

I'm booking tickets within 24 hours.

Let me know if you wanna come and we can sit together.

Otherwise, a ride is still an option, but you're on your own for a seat.

Cate