I got an email from one of my Dublin friends! She was doing a play, and I hope the recruiters from the National Theater were there to see it. Our weather goddess seems to have chosen WARM for Autumn so far. The Yellowstone area got snow, but it's above 8000 feet (2500 + meters) on average. Birds are getting drunk from the berries in the front yard.

Footbarn's Celebration of Theatre: Theater X-Net

Starring: Ida Rubinstein Belle Epoch Russian/Parisian beauty.
NEW! Ida's Places in Paris, from my jet-lagged first day by the Seine.
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: Two authors reading at the Hockaday Museum of Art this Friday night -- I'll be babysitting the audience. I'm reving up for the noontime brown-bag lecture at Flathead Valley Community College on Monday, October 23, 2006 about Footsbarn Theatre's 35th Anniversary.

Media Watch: Pure Trash Department -- Dancing With The Stars' public voting riff can upset things pretty dramatically. Sara Evans' posse keeps her on the show despite her obvious lack of ability. There's a lot of Country Music fans out there, and she plays 200 shows a year (almost two out of every three days), but I hate her association with the KKKristian Koalition and that lousy criminal Tom Delay. Jerry Springer's continuing presence is a serious indictment of fan voting too -- he sure gets away with a lot by acting funny.
The show lost actress Viveca A. Fox, a capable dancer, because of their system, and they are seriously under-stocked with competitive female celebs this season. The best couples feature Joey, Mario, and Emmitt (who finally relaxed last night and showed how good he can be).
Mario and Karina have the most talent by far, but the judges SEEM to be putting brakes on them to create the illusion of a contest.

Close to Home --


(Left) Jasmine our Calico Cat has stolen Buttercup's purple pillow, and the little Golden Tabby is NOT happy about it. (Right) Merry Gold, the big male, may have his opinion, but he's not saying anything.