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Posted in Musings and Epiphanies, tagged , , , , , , , on December 9, 2018| Leave a Comment »

This was our eighth year seeing A Christmas Carol performed as a one-man show by Gerald Charles Dickens, great, great grandson of you can guess. It is a fantastic show every time we see it. Mr. Dickens performs all the characters and each one is different, and they even hold conversations. His performance is brilliance. Physically, vocally, emotionally. I literally laugh and cry each year.

This has been a tradition since Bearpaw first gave us tickets in 2011. He saw the play in 2010 and thought we would enjoy it. Clearly we do. A Christmas Carol is in my top three Christmas tales, and I love having shared this live, theatrical experience with my sons. Thank you again, Mr. Dickens!

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Bear getting an autograph…

And these are some of my favorite pictures of the boys with Bearpaw. They were taken in 2014, the last time we saw it with Bearpaw.

And even though I always miss Bearpaw a little bit more at this time of year, I celebrate his memory when I remember to “Come in and know me better, man”.

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Dickens at the Dining Room Table

Posted in Musings and Epiphanies, tagged , , on March 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Gerald Charles Dickens would be so proud of my sons.  Last night, at dinner, younger son began a rousing game of 20 Questions meets I-Spy.  As older son and I began asking questions about the object he spied with his little eye, he played the distractions beautifully.  He kept looking over at the bookcase or the frames on the wall above it rather than where the object was truly located on the top of the secretary desk.  He’s seven.  He’s good at this.

So we keep asking questions.  Older son, in a lovely British accent, asks, “Is it an unwanted creature?”

Laughter filled the dining room.

As we blend Dickens seamlessly into our every day dialogue, we also have begun the journey with the mp3 players.  Ironically, no Journey on it yet.  Queen, Peter Gabriel, John Lennon, Earth Wind & Fire, and-dare I write it-Justin Bieber are loaded on to it.  I need to try some ebooks too.  Just not sure which books to start with for them.

Speaking of books, I am reading a wonderful book at the moment, available through Amazon for your Kindle or through Barnes & Noble in my favorite version-real pages, titled The Worldly Affairs of Lord Gosham by Kurt M. Schiller.  The language is positively delightful.  It has a feel of the romantics and I am savoring the book for as long as I can.  A quote from the back cover:

“…a farcical world of secret societies, wild-eyed poets, and dastardly bassoonists (perhaps the most detestable of all musicians).”

Bassoonists are dastardly-who knew!  Read the book and get lost in the lives of the characters and the lyrical language.  I also wouldn’t mind going to the home of Lord Gosham-sounds divine (even the west wing)!

Worldly Affairs

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Live in the past, present, and future

Posted in Musings and Epiphanies, tagged , , , , , , on December 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Tonight we saw A Christmas Carol.  Not just any A Christmas Carol.  This one was adapted from the one-man version that Charles Dickens performed in England and America about 160 years ago.  Tonight it was performed by his great-great-grandson, Gerald Charles Dickens.  The whole story, 28 characters, one man, one and a half hours.  The  boys loved it and laughed throughout the play.  I realized how much this story has been a part of my like, without really ever knowing it.

As this very talented actor made me laugh and cry just a wee bit, I mouthed many of the lines with him.  Scrooge is such a part of  cultural references, not just at Christmas time, but year round.  I suppose this would make Dickens very pleased since Scrooge said he would keep Christmas in his heart year round.  The whole concept of the story as a one-man show is amazing and works because each character is easy to relate to.

Mr. Dickens (the great-great-grandson, not the dead one…Marley was dead to begin with) stays afterward and signs autographs and poses for pictures.

He signed programs for each of the boys, my copy of A Christmas Carol, and even signed the boys’ copy of Muppet Christmas Carol.  A  very charming man and very proud of his heritage.  If he ever comes near your town you really should go see the show.

I will keep Christmas in my heart year round, I will live in the past, present, and future.  Come in, and know me better, man.

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