Friday Roundup

Cast of the 131st Edition of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Baily Circus.

The week went by quickly despite the fact that I had no performances scheduled. When you're home there's always work to be done day and night. So after a week of spring cleaning the house looks great. I forgot to mention that a head cold made the rounds here at Rancho Ramirez. It not bad enough to keep you in bed; it's just annoys the heck out of you.

Tomorrow I'll be at the Mission Branch Library for their grand opening where I'll gab about illustrating the book "Milagro de Monterrey". I think I'll get there early so I can look around and check out the other presenters and entertainment that's scheduled for the day.

I missed the circus today. I was reading Steve Copeland's blog and the Mudshow Diaries and just started to miss it. They're having a tough time right now encountering bad weather on their route and Steve has been sick...and yet despite the misery of illness and foul weather they were experiencing I really felt homesick for it. It just gets under your skin.