Take it Easy.

I don't really mind squirrels. Heck, when they're not bogarting the bird food, they're kind of entertaining. This dude was chilling out on the back porch a little while back. I've been acting squirrelly for years, but I used to feel a little guilty about my love of naps. I don't feel so bad about taking it easy as I used to, though. I used to have big plans, but it's occured to me of late that I will probably never be the President of the United States. I'm never gonna be a billionaire. Or a millionare. I have been a thousand-aire, but I managed to burn through it with alacrity. It's okay. Shoot, I even got a little support from Psalm 131:

Lord, my heart is not haughty, Nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, Nor with things too profound for me.

Or, you can listen to the Eagles, or Alan Jackson, if you'd rather.

The Play's the Thing, Redux

The Lowcountry Players are putting on "Tales and Fables by Dale and Mable" at the Colleton Center in the Boro. Opening night was last night, with performances scheduled for 7:oo p.m. tonight, Saturday and Monday, and with 2:00 p.m. shows on Saturday and Sunday. Three directors for five skits, narrated by Dale (Megan Gooding) and Mable (Janet Princess Taylor). Director Heather Tuten has done a fine job with her two segments: "The Dragon Prince" and "To Tell the Truth". I mention these skits in particular because I'm in the inner-circle of one of the actors (well, inner-circle is not exactly right. What word am I hunting for? Hmmm... Ah, yes: Son. That's it. My son, Tyler, is pictured above, in the dragon suit. He's also the chief in "To Tell the Truth"). Heather has worked hard- as have the actors, and I'd imagine the other directors, Christopher Williams ("Jack and the Beanstalk", "The Rabbit Grows a Crop of Money", and Amanda Broderick "Me Wish". The Dragon Prince is a Chinese "Beauty and the Beast". Tyler eventually gets to take off his dragon garb, once actress Brooklyn Thurston's Chee (also above, together with Vaughn Spearman as her fearful Papa) calms him down.

Daniel Mullin plays a tune between skits. He did a fine job with the guitar, and as Devon in the Irish skit "Me Wish".

Vaughn Spearman is the prince, Strong Wind, in a "Cinderella" reimagined as a Native-American skit in "To Tell the Truth". Tyler plays Chief Glaring Hark, a not-very-nice father of three daughters: favorites his favorites, Talking Bird (Kathleen Vassar Richardson) and Swimming Loon (Amanda Broderick), and outcast Diving Swan (Brooklyn Thurston). ). No glass slippers here, but a vision of integrity insures that the best gal wins the prince in this one. The costumes were lovely, and it was fun to watch. 'Course, I may be a bit biased. (Richardson, Tyler, Spearman, and Broderick are pictured above).