10 Good Things, Post #19
Apr. 26th, 2020 11:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
usedtobeljsSo, I have been buffeted by work crises and family crises, all amidst the general pandemic/lockdown anxiety, and really, I can't stand to think of any of it right now.
But before I turn to an afternoon of work, here's a quick 10 Good Things:
1) The National Theatre at Home this past Thursday showed a 2017 Twelfth Night that I missed in the theatre. You can still watch it for free until this Thursday.
2) It's really delightful. Oliver Chris is an Orsino I've never seen before (sort of bisexual Bertie Wooster with Shakespeare's words), and I loved Tamara Lawrence's Viola-Cesario, and I ship them like burning.
3) My thing for Tim McMullan (who will also be in the upcoming Antony and Cleopatra) got even more intense after seeing his louche Sir Toby.
4) Also continuing to love Christian Kane and Almost Paradise.
5) Shifting gears: read the first in Ashley Weaver's 1930s historical mystery series, Murder at the Brightwell. Heroine Amory and her wayward, louche husband Milo are a rich couple in England, negotiating marriage issues, when Amory stumbles into investigating a murder. Fun, even with 1st-person narration. Will read the next in the series and report.
6) Shifting gears again: have been spending too much money online, but I bought on rare sale a Liberty-print popover shirt from Ann Mashburn, and it's joy-making to wear.
7) Also? My purchase of a straw Stetson last summer is looking prescient, because I need a hat to go out these days.
8) Miss Adventure continues to be a wild child, but I see moments of trainability which encourage me. She's currently in heat (because of course) and she can't be spayed until lockdown is over anyway, but once that's done, we'll try walking in the park.
9) She is the cuddliest cuddle-bug there ever was, too, which is a delightful change after Master Danger.
10) In two more weeks I'll be able to breathe more easily. Fingers crossed, anyway.
Hugs and good days to all.
But before I turn to an afternoon of work, here's a quick 10 Good Things:
1) The National Theatre at Home this past Thursday showed a 2017 Twelfth Night that I missed in the theatre. You can still watch it for free until this Thursday.
2) It's really delightful. Oliver Chris is an Orsino I've never seen before (sort of bisexual Bertie Wooster with Shakespeare's words), and I loved Tamara Lawrence's Viola-Cesario, and I ship them like burning.
3) My thing for Tim McMullan (who will also be in the upcoming Antony and Cleopatra) got even more intense after seeing his louche Sir Toby.
4) Also continuing to love Christian Kane and Almost Paradise.
5) Shifting gears: read the first in Ashley Weaver's 1930s historical mystery series, Murder at the Brightwell. Heroine Amory and her wayward, louche husband Milo are a rich couple in England, negotiating marriage issues, when Amory stumbles into investigating a murder. Fun, even with 1st-person narration. Will read the next in the series and report.
6) Shifting gears again: have been spending too much money online, but I bought on rare sale a Liberty-print popover shirt from Ann Mashburn, and it's joy-making to wear.
7) Also? My purchase of a straw Stetson last summer is looking prescient, because I need a hat to go out these days.
8) Miss Adventure continues to be a wild child, but I see moments of trainability which encourage me. She's currently in heat (because of course) and she can't be spayed until lockdown is over anyway, but once that's done, we'll try walking in the park.
9) She is the cuddliest cuddle-bug there ever was, too, which is a delightful change after Master Danger.
10) In two more weeks I'll be able to breathe more easily. Fingers crossed, anyway.
Hugs and good days to all.
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Date: 2020-04-26 04:29 pm (UTC)Glad your pup is cuddly. I don't know what I'd do without my cats. Max has pride of place in whatever direction I face, but Ray has taken to cuddling up to my back, so it's a Desdemona Sandwich.
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Date: 2020-04-26 09:06 pm (UTC)Yay for your cats and you!