WELCOME! Since there are many persistent new readers from Dublin, according to Sitemeter. I'll try to be bit more prolific here. A little spotty Fawn and it's mom were grazing underneath the Chokecherry tree yesterday morning. The forest fire smoke will remain in the air until prolonged rains extinguish all those blazes south of here from Missoula to Dillon to Idaho. We've only had one partial day of rain since I returned from France.

Footbarn's Celebration of Theatre: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
Read more about Ida in Sisters of Salome by Toni Bentley
Look for the NEW main-page link to Footsbarn Theatre

Visit: Michael's Montana Web Archive
Theater, Art, Flash Gordon, Funky Music and MORE!
NEW! Spitfires of the Spaceways
Watch Dale Arden rescue Flash Gordon for a change!

Charity Alert: Keep that resolution as Autumn runs toward us! Click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: Sunday means Hockaday Museum of Art this year. We tried another antique show and appraisal event in Whitefish as a fund-raiser this year, and it appeared to be successful. I took pictures of the merchant booths and Antiques Roadshow veteran J. Michael Flanagan. Listening to him is a pleasure, even when he's hedging his bets -- if he doesn't know about an antique, he'll try to help you find somebody who does. I also ordered a hardbound first edition of Toni Bentley's Dancer's Journal at the event from booksellers Gene & Barb Allen of Helena, Montana for a future signature. (I have her autograph on a paperback reprint of The Surrender I got in Paris, but I prefer original hardbacks.)

Media Watch: Speaking of Toni Bentley, her late boss George Balanchine choreographed a ballet suite called Jewels, and a taped version from the Paris Opera was shown on PBS over the weekend. I also replayed Bill Lasiwell's all-world jam from Soundstage while I was canning salsa -- Pharoah Sanders, Buckethead, and Bootsy Collins? YEAH!

Theater/Theatre: Footsbarn pictures anybody?!


Puca and the Koreans lead our Footsbarn troupers in a charge along the Aumance River at about a quarter of a kilometer an hour in gorgeous Herrison, France.