September 8, Berwyn.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Updates.
September 8, Berwyn.
Updates: It took all day to raise the new tent then take it down yesterday; the crew was still working at it well after we came back from the city at eight o'clock. Why subject the circus to this so close to the end of the season is what baffles me. As for Le Brone, he will be going back home to Florida. He has been advised against driving for a month but a friend of his is flying up to help him; we said goodbye this morning.
The generator truck gave out this morning too (bad truck,) right on the lot (good truck.) Julio Rosales drove back to haul the cargo. I waited a while then drove ahead when it looked certain that this was going to be more than just waiting for Castro to fix a tire.
And us: Dylan said what he liked best about the Art Institute was "the knives" (ancient Chinese jade artifacts dating back to the sixteenth century BC,) the "colored words" (an exhibition under the steps of the great hall whereas the artist installed sentences made of tiny light bulbs, each word a different color of primary red, yellow, green and blue,) and the education center, where we went last. Nicolas liked a painting depicting a lion attacking a desert horseman best.
The two of them stood gaping at the painting for the best of a minute, entirely silent and enthralled.
Updates: It took all day to raise the new tent then take it down yesterday; the crew was still working at it well after we came back from the city at eight o'clock. Why subject the circus to this so close to the end of the season is what baffles me. As for Le Brone, he will be going back home to Florida. He has been advised against driving for a month but a friend of his is flying up to help him; we said goodbye this morning.
The generator truck gave out this morning too (bad truck,) right on the lot (good truck.) Julio Rosales drove back to haul the cargo. I waited a while then drove ahead when it looked certain that this was going to be more than just waiting for Castro to fix a tire.
And us: Dylan said what he liked best about the Art Institute was "the knives" (ancient Chinese jade artifacts dating back to the sixteenth century BC,) the "colored words" (an exhibition under the steps of the great hall whereas the artist installed sentences made of tiny light bulbs, each word a different color of primary red, yellow, green and blue,) and the education center, where we went last. Nicolas liked a painting depicting a lion attacking a desert horseman best.
The two of them stood gaping at the painting for the best of a minute, entirely silent and enthralled.
Day off.
September 7, Posen.
The new tent is here and they will be trying it out today, a day off for performers.
We're heading for the Art Institute of Chicago.
It's breezy and cool, a perfect late summer day.
An accident.
September 6, Posen.
Le Brone apparently fell and injured himself during his daily walk this morning, but doesn't remember anything of what happened until he came to in his trailer all bloody and shocked. Jeremiah brought him to the hospital where they are doing tests to find out what happened to him.
Le Brone apparently fell and injured himself during his daily walk this morning, but doesn't remember anything of what happened until he came to in his trailer all bloody and shocked. Jeremiah brought him to the hospital where they are doing tests to find out what happened to him.
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Gone.
September 6, Posen.
Circus news: Brian blew the circus.
He went away last night, leaving us to discover he had left when he didn't appear on the lot this morning. Marie Carmen will be cooking some days and Jeremiah the others.
Circus news: Brian blew the circus.
He went away last night, leaving us to discover he had left when he didn't appear on the lot this morning. Marie Carmen will be cooking some days and Jeremiah the others.
A trailer with a view.
September 6, Posen.
We turned the trailer around because we are parked near the generator and didn't wish to sit looking at it on top of hearing its roar all day.
Monday, September 05, 2011
Poetic motion.
September 5, Crete.
Second two-day stand this week, sweet, and resting.
The new tent will be set up on Wednesday, so tonight was the last day-time tear-down for the Kelly Miller Circus tent as we know it.
As the sun was setting the tent too was getting down, as if on cue, poetic motion, a Kodachrome goodbye.
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