Three blizzards in two weeks and rain and cold in between but then that’s spring in Dakota! And today the sun does shine!  I have been to Tyndall, Springfield and Tabor SD for three shows in one day but the good news is that even though I have been laid up for about 5 months with my broken leg, I had a great time doing the shows!  It was a blast.  So it is time to hit the road again.  And I am going to with vengeance!  I start out slow.  A show at the library in Sturgis and one at Storybook Island in Rapid City on the 5th.  Then Miller SD on the 7th and 8th along with Huron.  Then I hit the ground running.  Hill City SD, Casper for 5 shows and then Montana.  I

I am gathering my toys for the road.  I have a new satellite radio system which I hope I can download audible books onto, a Creative Zen MP3 player, I even get to borrow my Dad’s Kindle for a bit to see how that works.  All in all it will be life-on-the-road-with-style!

This has been quite a week.  I was supposed to go to Hot Springs on Monday April 27th 2009 but Sunday-the travel day- it once again decided to snow.  So we posponed until Tuesday.  On Tuesday and Wednesday I did two performances of IN THE CENTER OF THINGS and 8 workshops.  347 kids made sock puppets and really did themselves proud.  It was a great time.  The kids were great and the supplies held out.  I wish I had taken pictures.  I must get in the habit of doing that.  At the end of each session, the kids are supposed to come up to me and introduce their puppets.  One young girl brought up her puppet and said “I need to introduce her to you”  I said “OK who is this?”  She said “Mary, Mother of Jesus.”     Every kid made a sock puppet and developed a character for it.  It was very hard work but it was also great fun!  The kids worked hard on their puppets and the teachers and others were really great help.  It took me several days  to recover but as Claire said, it would have taken us days to recover from this much intensity when we first started –many years ago.  So I need to build in recovery days and keep on having fun!