Our baseball hero, Homer Striker tries on the villainess's boa...GOLLEEE Homer!

I've spent the last two weeks working on a 24 page program for this years theater production. I've lost a lot of sleep over it. It's been hell. Projects are never as easy as one imagines they'll be when they volunteer for them. Not that I regret doing it, of course. It's been a valuable learning experience. 5:00 pm today is the deadline to get the final draft of the program to the publisher, and tomorrow I'll be taking a 4 hr. trip down the coast to Smith River, CA. to pick up the 7,000 finished publications. They will be ready for opening night on Friday. *Whew* When I get back from the publisher, I'll post a couple of the pages so you all can see what I've been sweating blood over.

This weekend I'll finish my big wall art project & then I can really start learning my lines for the play. Since I started almost two mths. after the rest of the cast, I won't be on stage until the middle of June. This year I have have 30 lines compared to 22 last year. The lady sewing my costume this year is the best! Perhaps I'll post a picture of me wearing it & you can see me in my size 12 glory.

Our Play this year centers on the time when my town was heavily into semi pro baseball. In the late 1800's & early 1900's, Coquille was in a league with four other local towns. The name of the Coquille team was the "Coquille Loggers." I've been doing research on the team & the era that they played in. It's very interesting....Stay tuned!