Thursday morning---

a long day to follow--I will go to Friends to participate in a discussion about the prison system, a dialogue that is going on all week, and then two sessions. Would like to do something after this, but I have a feeling that with my sleeping habits--a lot of ups and downs---I will be tired again. Also, tomorrow I have a short but full day at Friends followed by my chaperoning the debate team. Going to Dalton, a high school that I have never entered before---should be interesting---the team, under my chaperoning, will also be there all day Saturday---so it is a pretty full commitment. Then on Sunday, I must attend the 7th and 8th grade play,directed by my friend Shayna. It is The Skin of Our Teeth, by Thornton Wilder---ironically, in my second year at Camp Music Land (1959) I appeared in the second act of that play. Not terribly interesting, according to my parents, but Shayna's is an adaptation, and it sounds very ambitious.
 Ah yes, summer of 59, two romances one with Kate and one with Louise ( a little less interesting). Lots of energy that summer, better than the summer before at the same camp---also the summer that I, one of the leading actors of the group, was given a very small part in the camp musical. I still remember that, and also some songs from it. I was made to play a narrator, actually one of two (a greater indignity) who stood on the sidelines as the other characters lived through their narratives. Still, I survived--probably because I was obsessing about Judy, the Science senior I wanted so much to be involved with that fall and winter (It did not happen).
Last night, conceived of a short piece built around my first look at the families attending Yom Kippur services in Baltimore my freshman year at Hopkins. Kind of "Gatsby" like, which means the performance and vision of Gatz that I saw on Friday is still resonating with me. Will I put it to paper (or whatever one calls this blog)? Not sure. Still, enjoying writing today's---shows you how my mind is racing and how I can put that to use.
Next blog? Not sure, maybe Sunday---check it out!