catherineldf | Current state of things

Just the Me things, not the world things. Because that would be way too much.
It's been a lively couple of weeks. On the cultural side, I went to:

The Minnesota Orchestra to see them play background for "Werewolf by Night." My friend Matt wore his new bespoke suit from Heimie's Haberdashery in St. Paul and looked amazingly dapper. Principal Conductor Sarah Hicks showed up dressed as a werewolf and a fun time was had by all!
Went to Theater Pro Rata's production of "Bernhardt/Hamlet" about Sarah Bernhardt's ground-breaking performance as Hamlet in 1899. really good performances and fine production.
Went to hear Boiled in Lead at the Hook & Ladder and it was, as usual, a fine show.
Went to a Prime Productions reading of "The Oldest Profession" at the Jungle. Prime is a local theater company dedicated to theater by and about women over 50. It was, as are all of their productions I've seen so far, very good. looking forward to the next two in the series, coming up at the Capri and the Gremlin, respectively.
Off to Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society at Bryant Lake Bowl tonight.

Teaching:

I taught my intro to genre fiction publishing class at Springboard for the Arts last Tuesday and it went pretty well. Lot of no shows though, so that was disappointing.
Both my class with Jennie and my Gothic horror class got canceled, which was disappointing and anxiety-producing. My day job just went Magic 8 Ball this week (I'll likely be looking for a new job at the start of the year, unless there is a minor miracle) and the microwave is going to be quite expensive to replace. Granted, I needed the rest too. But mixed bag.
Teaching again with Jennie at the Loft next month so please send your friends!

Everything else:

A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold is up for preorder in ebook and print! Coming out 12/7 - more gay, Edwardian murder mysteries!
Twin Cities Book Festival was delight, if pretty exhausting. Saw many people and sold books.
Big announcement about next year's books coming soon!
State of the Spouse - I've been trying to get on the CADI Waver for 8 months now. It keeps feeling longer. Still trying to get overnight respite care so I can leave town in February for Capricon, but no luck so far. Got an interview coming up this week though so fingers crossed.
Doing some writing again, finally.

Now to go prep dinner for spouse and deal with sundry hygenic things before I can leave the house. Sigh.