Hi Dublin! I'm back at work from Fort Collins, Colorado, and we're not planning on going anywhere until Spring, at least. That means this blog will still be written from the "Northern Border" for the time being. One of our greatest pleasures was seeing the Pronghorn Antelope herds in Wyoming and Northern Colorado. The weather turned rainy on the way back and it may snow soon. There were Mule Deer in Colorado, and plenty of Whitetails to see when we got back to Montana -- lots of Eagles and Hawks along the entire route as well.

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

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 settles in! Click on The Hunger Site every day.

In The Community: The opening of our Members Only! Autumn Salon at the Hockaday Museum of Art is this Thursday. I'm also doing a noontime brown-bag lecture at Flathead Valley Community College on Monday, October 23, 2006 about Footsbarn Theatre's 35th Anniversary -- all those photos I've posted will be used in the Power Point presentation.

Media Watch: NFL Football -- excellent game between Philadelphia and Dallas. The Eagles' quarterback Donovan McNabb stood tall and played hard. His defense held the Cowboys to only three points in the second half -- sacks and interceptions create victories.
Book TV -- I mentioned this just before I left, but it was on again:The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban by Sarah Chayes. Why did she GO to a reactionary backwater like Kandahar? Why does she STAY there? She said words to the effect that what she is doing isn't rational, but if a dialogue is even possible between the West and Islam it needs to occur there. I pray for God to bless her and keep her safe!
(From Book TV): Sarah Chayes discusses what life is like in Kandahar, Afghanistan after almost five years since the fall of the Taliban. Ms. Chayes, who first arrived in Afghanistan as a reporter and then joined a non-profit organization in Kandahar in 2002, argues that the current government of Afghanistan is ineffective and corrupt and the security situation in the country is getting progressively worse. She also talks about the status of women in the country, the rise of opium production, the growing power of the Taliban, and her relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. The event was hosted by the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, DC.
Author Bio: Sarah Chayes was an overseas correspondent for NPR from 1997 to 2002, during which time she reported from several different countries. After her NPR assignment in Afghanistan ended in 2002, she joined Afghans for Civil Society, a non-governmental organization started by Qayum Karzai (President Hamid Karzai's older brother). For more information on Afghans for Civil Society, visit www.afghansforcivilsociety.org.
Ugly and extremely ironic Book TV -- Gregg Jackson's Conservative Comebacks to Liberal Lies. Supposed comebacks to "liberal claims about abortion, the Clinton administration, and weapons of mass destruction." Jackson piled his self-serving bullshit on top of putrid GOP propaganda in front of high school kids at an Eagle Forum event -- extremists on our so-called right abuse America's children in very many ways.

Enough of that -- it's Footsbarn time again!


(Left to Right) Francoise, Sylvain, Nicholas, Nellie, Thomas, Paddy, and Julie are in the midst of setting up the Plein Aire stage at La Chaussee when they realize that we are dealing with two incompatable types of girder assemblies. We will soon solve the problem by swapping girder sections from the main tent.
(Not pictured) I am shooting photos during this all-French discussion, while Paddy's nephew Hans sits around, bored out of his skull. Clara is away, but bringing a vehicle to the site. Problems like this do not occur after Napo the tentmaster arrives a day or two later.