Well, the show is over.
Finally! Towards the end we started selling out shows, and sold out the last 3 shows. The cast was fantastic, and we were greatly appreciated by those who came...and came BACK!!
This was an experience for me folks. Most of you who know me, know I was born a upper middle-class white kid...so to speak. I grew up in Sunnyvale, and was the only black kid in class or school for a while at least until 4th grade. So, the whole racial thing has been a "thing" in my life for a while. I didn't have any black friends growing up, and now, I have many, and a lot of them grew up like me. But unlike me, sought out being part of the "black heritage" where I was content to be who I was where I was. It wasn't until this show, that I actually "felt" black...if that makes any sense. I felt included, I felt loved, and damn...I felt good. I don't think I have any more to add to that except to say that this whole play was a life changing experience for me. I'm considering wearing hats...I may have to attend church in Oakland from time to time...small changes, but changes nonetheless. I was blessed and touched by this play as were the myriad of those who came to revel in it with us. I am blessed to have been part of such an amazing thing.
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Knitting...well...Haven't been knitting...until just recently. The hand is still healing, and because it hasn't been used, other tendons are getting cranky and giving me grief. dammit. But I have started knitting...just not a lot. After the play, My body gave out, and I took a couple days off to recoup and started spinning a lot. Finished playing some green BFL, which needs to be soaked, whacked and balanced, and I started on some 100% Merino...yum.
Oh, and did I mention the new wheel??
I got a new wheel.
Pics to come.
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