A big old thunderstorm almost drowned-out my alarm clock this morning -- cool, refreshing rain followed for about a half hour. The Ducklings are maturing rapidly on the lake, but I haven't seen the Goslings for awhile. Usually they start congregating about this time of year, and wander around in mixed-family flocks.

DANCE at the Hole In The Wall: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley

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In The Community: The Hockaday Museum of Art is presenting Arts In The Park on July 21, 22, & 23. I'll be at a meeting of Great Northern Railroad devotees next Monday. The late King Kuka's show doesn't open until AUGUST 10 -- all this activity got me confused. (Now I have to correct my posts from earlier this month.)
The Montana State Board of Regents is at our college today. Governor Brian Schweitzer will be here tommorrow -- work, work, work, but sometimes it's important work.

Media Watch: Justin Morrison, a member of Katie Duck's dance collective Magpie, sent me a comment. It was attached to a blog entry from last April, so I'll re-post it today, close to it's actual time-frame:
Hey Michael, thanks for mentioning us and the Magpie gig! Getting Katie Duck set up with a blog soon, though you can see some of our recent web antics at youtube.
-- Justin Morrison

World-class dancer, choreographer, and teacher Katie Duck performs with Michael Schumacher in this web-video, posted by Justin Morrison on YouTube.

Check out Magpie's Website for details about my friend Katie, and the other Magpie birds-of-a-feather. There are also some more great Dance videos featuring Katie at Justin's own site: http://justinmorrison.net/video