Author: lis

The first poet laureate of Massachusetts, Regie Gibson, speaks to a crowd at Thursday’s “Make Good Trouble” protest.  His words were heartening.

We caught a fantastic concert at Tanglewood:  openers Fastball and Sugar Ray, headlined by the Barenaked Ladies. If you’re a BNL fan and this tour is coming your way, you should absolutely go.  It was really great fun. And, as you can see, quite well attended.

The first night of our Berkshires vacation, we attended this performance at the famous Shakespeare & Company in Lenox MA.  We had no idea what to expect; Shakespeare “cabaret”??  what the heck is that?
It was fantastic.  Players performed short scenes from different plays, and then the band would play a song that somehow related, mostly classic rock.  Incredibly talented people all around.
If they do it again (this was their 2nd time), highly recommend you check it out if you’re in the area.

Every small inn needs a dog (or a cat).  This is the resident pup at Brook Farm Inn.  Her name is Hex and she is a Very Good Girl.

We divided up a patch of daffodils today.  We filled this entire bucket, replanted a bunch of them, and gave some away to friends.  Fingers crossed for lots of blooms next spring!

Just so you know….

The shelter I volunteer with had a 25th anniversary garden party.  I’m pretty sure by the time we left, this cake was still untouched.

Kayla is ready to take your commions on Instagram.  I actually did take a peek at her page, and it’s not too bad. Kinda cute.  I assumed a little kid wrote this, but given that no one learns how to write by hand anymore, this could be a 16 year old.

 

At last night’s fundraiser, there was an auction for painting created by former shelter cats.  It was pretty hilarious.  This one was by Ron Weasley.  Ron was incredibly friendly and sweet, and super adorable…..and incontinent. It seemed unlikely he would find someone who could deal with that.  But he did.  His new person adores him.  So, when a painting by Ron came up, I had to bid.

I love going in to thrift stores, I just have to make sure to give myself a good chunk of time.  This isn’t the one I usually go to, but they had perfectly nice stuff. Happily, I did find a few things.