Sunday, May 19th 2019
AT RISE: ClaraJane is playing in the bath. Mom is sitting on the edge of the tub, blowing bubbles all over her daughter (relishing this moment after performing gigs all weekend).
Mom: Oh, we need to wash your hair!
ClaraJane: I already did!
M: Really?
CJ: Yeah! I put in shampoo and conditioner.
M: Oh? Um…
CJ: Now I’m just wondering what to do next! HA HA HA HA HA!!
Both: [Laughing.]
SCENE.
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My late Uncle Jack told me;
And this from the internet:
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Thursday, May 16th 2019
Great -much needed- TED Talk!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q22WAUnpPs
Apparently I spend hella time in that “Red Chair.” I like the 3rd-5th ones much better.
Looking forward to trying these on.
Wednesday, May 15th 2019
My son is so skinny and he loves to read.
Here he is enjoying the fish n’ chips wrapped in newspaper at our local Irish Pub:
(Had to put his book down first.)
#Hopeless
#Priceless
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Wednesday, May 15th 2019
ClaraJane rollerskates around friends at the morning bus stop:
After school, Gavin reads while ClaraJane works on Shrinky-Dink jewelry (in rollerskates):
Gavin tries to convince his sister that one day she could be, like, an Art Scientist on Roller Skates:
CJ is excited, plays with centrifugal force while Gavin yo-yo’s:
And wW play with mom’s new hoola hoop:
And that’s all I have to say about that. (And all the GIF’s I have to give too.)
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Wednesday, May 15th 2019
Kitten actually. His name is Darth Snowflake but we call him “Kitten.”
And this is how he winds up to bap at the cat toy, apparently:
BTW: This image is not sped up; it was taken and rendered at regular speed.
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Sunday, May 12th 2019
After some lovely Mother’s Day morning festivities at home, Dear Hubsand provides me his annual chauffeur service for my gig on the Boston Common, so I don’t have to park (yippee!). It’s the annual Duckling Day Parade in honor of the venerable children’s book, Make Way for Ducklings, sponsored by Friends of the Public Garden. It’s so unbelievably cute I had to share. It was even rainy as hell and nobody cared. Enjoy!
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March/April 13th 2019
On rounds with Doc Skeeter on March 13th, we encounter a bunch of Dermatology Nurses who ask us to help with a promo video as a part of a nation-wide awareness campaign for their specialty.
When I run into one of the nurses six weeks later, she tells me they WON first place is in the campaign!
Here it is, with a couple familiar characters showing up around 2:28.
Way to go “CWOCN’s!”
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Monday, April 29th 2019
On Sunday I perform as Jenny the Juggler a birthday party for a one year old baby girl in a restaurant banquet room rented out by the family. Over the dance floor a huge rainbow of balloons sports her name in huge gold foil; A-R-I-A. Upwards of 150 loved ones and family members from every generation are dining on fantastic Italian food. The Mom has done a spectacular, professional quality job of decorating around the theme, which is Alice in Wonderland for Aria’s “ONEderful” Party. The decor includes life-sized queen of hearts cards, vases of flowers and gorgeous china teacups stacked with rose petals. Beautifully wrapped presents pile atop yet more tables. Per usual I provide fabulous face painting, balloon animals and a show with juggling, magic, music, comedy, a full on dance party and two real live tame bunny rabbits. A bespoke fondant cake rounds out the celebration, and the adorable baby with the fabulous hairstyle beams with excitement when everyone sings to her. Everyone leaves exhausted with delight. I am paid well and tipped handsomely before heading off to my third and final event for the day.
Monday finds me at Boston Children’s Hospital performing as Dr. Be Bopper with with Dr. Dazzle. When we arrive on the Intensive Care Unit, a nurse informs us there is a birthday in one of the rooms. Little Ernesto is turning one today! We find a sweet bald baby sitting up with a tube coming out of his nose taped to his face. He is hanging out with mom by his crib and extremely apprehensive of us, so we gently serenade him from the doorway. Dazzle & I harmonize beautifully while crooning a soothing song to celebrating his birthday. He is cuddling her and she is cooing and beaming with joy, thanking us profusely as we leave. There is a Happy Birthday banner on the door which we close gently before heading off to find our next patient down the hall.
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Monday, April 29th 2019
Our very first visit this morning, we knock on the door, peek in and Dr. Dazzle says, “Is this the party room?” Five year old Asa is snuggling in bed with Daddy until she bolts upright and says, “Yes!” Failing our attempts to introduce ourselves, Dr. Dazzle becomes “Dr. I Don’t Know,” and I am now “Dr. I Don’t Know Either.” Because it is officially a party, I pull a roll of crepe paper streamers out of my pocket and little Asa insists SHE do the decorating. She hops out of bed and busies herself hanging streamers around her room, followed closely by Mom maneuvering the I.V. pole so she doesn’t come unhooked. Being a party, we get busy with the music and the dancing. Dr. Dazzle is singing “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” while Asa & I dance. She is in her underwear doing the floss. What I’m trying to say is perhaps you have never truly partied until you have danced with a mighty little bald five year-old hooked up to an I.V. pole in her oncology room dancing the floss in her underwear.
As we leave, the big ol’ Dad is choking back emotion as he shakes his head and says a simple, heart rending, “Thank you.” Of course it is we who are so deeply honored to have shared this visit.
Sanitizing our hands outside the door, we overhear Asa already on the phone with a relative, bragging, “I’m a CLOWN now!!”
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