At the Closing of the Year
So 2023 has come to a close and we are about to embark on the adventure that is 2024. The dead of winter is here. December starts in the fall, the most overrated season, and ends in the winter, the worst season. December days are short as they will ever be. I don't feel too down despite it all, because it's such a festive time of year. I love the holiday season (everything that comes after not so much) and it was a busy season for this household. ### Theater has not played a big role in my life this fall. (See what I did there?) It's becoming harder and harder to find plays to do. Community theater is becoming less and less about the community lately. Theater groups seem to want to play it safe by fully or partially pre-casting their shows. That means hordes of actors show up for whatever open casting calls are still out there. A performer of my meager talents doesn't stand a chance when in competition with fifty other people, so I have had my share of disappointing