Here are most of my photos from yesterday, together again for the first time:
Five years ago (but who’s counting?), Joshua Ladgrove a/k/a Neal Portenza invited my then 16-year-old son Aaron up on the stage with him during his brilliant Fringe show. Last night, they were together again for the first time.
Tomorrow, I’ll be together again for the first time with ?? people (perhaps including some of the people in my photos above) in my first Fringe show ever.
Because it’s a one-time only show, I have only one chance to get it right. Will it be a catastrophe, like a boat hitting an iceberg?
Will I lose my head?
Will I maintain my balance?
Will the audience like my music?
Will they use my mindfulness exercise to be in the here and now?
Will anybody mispronounce my name or be a dickhead?
Will people want to see a show from a “new employee” of the Edinburgh Free Fringe?
Here and here are two songs that are “Together Again For the First Time.”
Which reminds me, I want to see Manual Cinema again.
All your comments on this post will be together again for the first time, below.
And today’s expressions of gratitude are together again for the first time!
The Year(s) of Living Non-Judgmentally 
You seem to be enjoying being together with so many new people, Ann 🙂
All good luck with your show.
I always enjoy being together with you here, Irene. Thank you for all your good luck. ❤
Break a leg. (That sounds awful, doesn’t it? Don’t break a leg. Be wonderful.)
It all sounds wonderful, Ellen. Many thanks.
I like the Kapow joke
I like that you liked that, Derrick.
It looks like you’re perfectly positioned between The Whirlpool People and those who’ll Van Gogh find themselves, and I hope that the audience reaction will be overwhelmingly positive.
Thank you, my friend, for your overwhelmingly positive comments.
Such a pity that “My bottom did a burp in class” seems to have been cancelled. That could have blown your mind!
Was the new employee’s name Merci, or was she French?
Take a deep breath and give ’em hell!
It was a French restaurant, Peter. Mercy! Thanks for the encouragement — it means a lot.
Wishing you all the best! I’m sure they will love you!
I’m sure that I love this comment. Many thanks to you!
You won’t lose your head. You will be wonderful.
I was just telling my son about my amazing friend who is performing in the Edinburgh Fringe festival this week, and her amazing son who is also, and separately, performing there. We are delighted and in awe.
Thank you for being so wonderful, Maureen. ❤
Yes you will be awesome because you are awesome
And it takes one awesome person to know another one !
Good luck, Ann, though I’m sure you will be amazing and don’t need it. Still everyone needs luck. I love those elephant cards.
I’m so grateful we are together again on this blog, my amazing friend.
How special to see Aaron on stage again with the same generous people! I can imagine how thrilled you were seeing him perform. 🙂
How special to see you here on my blog, Debra, every time. ❤
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