Last summer I got to play with some mummers and puppeteers called Risk of Change for the Oregon Country Fair. My friend Jenni invited me and we ended up making a twins costume so that we could be the Silver Lining Sisters. We had clear glass orbs (otherwise known as marbles) and we would hand one to a fair-goer and tell them something like "This is an orb of perception that will help you look into yourself to find the silver lining in all your life's challenges." We also dressed up as gnomes, trolls, curly-stripey clowns, carnaval clowns, flamingo-rinas and some color themed costumes. This year uncle Sam thwarted my ability to go play by demanding more than a thousand dollars on April 15th, so I taught summer school again. I am hoping to return next summer.
I am going to clean out my car so that I can drive it south for 12 hours or so and camp in the redwoods near the Russian River and play music from Brazil at California Brazil Camp. I have been going for 7 or 8 years and learning songs and a third language and culture. It looks like I might be trecking alone, so I am preparing myself for that possibility. Snacks, music and a good night's sleep and I'll be ready.
