August already?

And I'm typing with all ten fingers, though five of them still protrude from a fiberglass cast. Until August 21, after which I'll have a removable Velcro thing, which presumably will free my hand up enough to get back to the flute.

When the cast first went on, I worried about looking vulnerable. Then I took another look at the rigid fiberglass enclosing my entire forearm, and thought, "What a weapon!"

And OF COURSE I get a seat on the bus, especially when wearing a short-sleeved shirt.

If I had a garden, I'd probably be working in it this morning, because the weather is finally back to something comfortable enough to enjoy. For more than a week we have had temperatures in the 80's and 90's, and on Wednesday it got to 103. That's too hot in a place where most people do not have air conditioning.

On the hottest day I landed briefly at the Ballard Library, which DOES have AC - and felt lucky to find a seat! At our corner store, the proprietor periodically hosed down the sidewalk, aimed a fan INTO the building during cool morning hours - but said he couldn't complain, because the heat was good for business (ice, beer, ice cream...)

Last night I alternately smiled, laughed, sniffled (and fumed because the theater was 80% empty) while watching "Blue Window" at Driftwood.

Craig Lucas' play demands a small skilled ensemble cast. This group did a fine version of the play in February, working in a tiny performance space that barely qualified as a black box theater.

The current production is a fund-raiser for Driftwood - and a chance for the actors to spread out, on a real stage. The actors appreciated the chance to revisit the play and their characters, and the audience stayed right with them all the way. Congratulations again, everyone.

Now if some people will just COME TO SEE THE PLAY! It's on tonight and tomorrow afternoon - Wade James Theater, in Edmonds.