The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey January 28, 2018

28 Jan 2018

Good evening. Bob Thompson is still much on my mind. I'm going to miss him. * * * Work-wise, it was a productive week. But the weekend, ah, it was good: Friday evening, we attended opening night for the Annapolis Shakespeare Company's production of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit. Spiritedly directed by ASC Founder and Artistic Director Sally Boyett, thc cast romped through this classic drawing room comedy like they'd been working together for ages, and were still having marvelous fun while doing it. Kurt Elftmann, whom we last saw with ASC as Richard III, plays the novelist Charles Condomine magnificently.

Brian Bilbrey January 21, 2018

21 January 2018

My friend Bob Thompson died last night of complications from heart and lung issues. We hadn't traveled to see Bob and Barbara for a few years, and I'm a bit sad about that, just now. We'd speak on the phone or via email a few times a year, though. Bob was a smart, smart guy, pleasant to converse with, and uniformly helpful to folks: family, friends, and neighbors. We're going to miss him. Here's his obituary on the funeral home site.

Brian Bilbrey January 16, 2018

16 January 2018

G'day. Yep, I was busy. Sunday we did the shopping, then I started in on chores and such. About halfway through the afternoon, I saw an email that Annapolis Shakespeare Company needed a hand. It was the first load-in day for the set of the next play, and the expected carpenters had bailed on them. So I gathered some tools and went off to Annapolis to help out for several hours. I got home before 10, though... I went back the next day and gave a hand for another few hours. When I wrapped up my participation, all the walls…

Brian Bilbrey January 7, 2018

7 Jan 2018

First post! Of 2018. Lunacy continues in some quarters, in others, it's just bloody cold. Yes, yes, 3°F is winter-time heatwave/shorts weather... in Fairbanks. Here, it a nuisance. But we're due for some warming up this week, which I'm looking forward to. We got a lot done this weekend, including the dismantling and boxing of the holiday paraphernalia. That buys me ten and a half months until I have to pull those out of the garage attic again! I roasted a pound of Kenyan beans from Sweet Marias, after picking up the mess left from a stack of trim falling…

Brian Bilbrey December 31, 2017

31 December 2017

And that's a wrap on 2017. We're doing okay, I guess. I'd like to see a little more sanity coming from the government, but that's as it may be. We vote, and support candidates that reflect the direction we'd like to see. My favorite things from 2017: Marcia and I celebrated 19 years of marriage! Everything else is gravy. Lexi is having fun with her new Lambchop™ toy: In other news, our high temperature today was brought to us by the numbers 2 and 0. It's supposed to be another week at least before we come back above freezing. Yay?…