Chance = Change

...the day feels fressshhhh, like the sound your mouth makes when you say "fressshhhhh", because as you walk out into it, the moist cool Spring air feels like a benign wash of moisture and slight breeze...and what you get is a feeling of fresssshhhhh! I loved walking the pups this early morn...my skin did not want to come indoors...but the part of me that needed coffee came inside anyway...and here we are.

This is the BEST news: Peter must have had a really good general audition for Jay Binder two days ago because yesterday morning, first thing, Jay called Gary E. (our agent) and told him he and his associate really like Peter (!) and MADE HIM AN OFFER straight out!!! They asked him to set aside the June dates for the Carnegie Hall staged reading of SOUTH PACIFIC, starring Reba McEntyre and Brian Stokes Mitchell, musical directed by Peter's idol Paul Geminganni, with Jason Danieley as "Cable" , and Lillias White as "Bloody Mary"...they asked Peter to be part of the Ensemble...a perfect way for Peter to begin to enter the scene here...not too much pressure, but plenty of good exposure...and a perfect way to have impressed the important Binder Office...Jay, dear Jay!! In my unavoidably co-dependent way, as I feel all Peter goes through , good or bad, I feel so proud I could burst!!! But I am working hard on healthily separating from Peter's process, as it is his process, not mine....but still....WOW!!!! This is sooooo good! And I am soooo proud of Peter! He is very happy. More details to follow on this,as the deal gets set. Suffice it to say: Carnegie Hall, early June. I 'm sure our agent is very proud of Peter too. He set up this meeting with Binder , and it is paying off in the right way for the future. Sometimes things do work the way they are supposed to!

This morning we both go over to the Ayres Studios on 47th Street and sit in on the GODDESS WHEEL band rehearsal...then i go do my Amica voice-over session...then to a CAP 21 Board Committee meeting on the East Side...then we can begin a reasonably calm weekend...with the most pressing issues being how to better organize this home of ours ..still so much to do. And dear Anne and Chris Johnson will be here next weekend!!! YAY! And though I know Anne knows we are very much still in transition, we want it to be as good as we can make it right now. It seems to us both we can still throw a lot of stuff away!

I had the most wonderful long email from Tom C. at Barter...House Manager and Head of the Gift Shop...he says sales are terrific...and the Shop is thriving. Such good news. The best thing of all was simply hearing from him. Thank you Tom.

So, out into this fresh day we go ....even the knowledge that this is Friday adds a sense of "whew!!! the weekend is here" feeling.... one of the good things about not being in a show right now: we actually get to have weekends! On all busy performance schedules, not only Barter's, actors'weekends are compressed into one day off...and as much as we adore our work, this can become onerous and tiring. So Peter and I have been enjoying real Saturdays and Sundays. The fat NY TIMES, the fresh bagels, the whole New York weekend thing! I remember dreaming about such weekends when I was busy at Barter...snuggling down in our comfortable bed, the smell of newsprint and fresh coffee, inky fingertips and a blank NY TIMES Crossword Puzzle to work!And right now we have the luxury to enjoy that. Even with rehearsals for GODDESS WHEEL, we still get to have a real weekend!

And so, for now, dear readers, we send love, best Springtime wishes, and a jolly
HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY to you all!!!!!