Small Town Life

Day 7 - So far the threatened thunderstorms have held off...please keep those weather-handling prayers coming! After yesterday's very tough and intense day in the barn, today we filmed in the sweetest small town ever, with the inimitable Billy, and the astonishingly-lovely and gracious Mariana (her first day), but also with three wonderful members of the Seattle theater/film tribe Carol Roscoe, Richard Ziman, and Scott C. Brown. I love them all SO much!!! And tonight we got the Keller Meets Rebecca scene at sunset...and they literally walked INTO the sunset, as their love story began...oh so very sweet... Then we had an incredible dinner at the E.J. Roberts restaurant, and as we were finishing a discussion of ghosts, angels, and flying saucers in Greece, three people walked by... our three day-player actors for tomorrow! Chuck Leggett, Hans Altweis, and Suzy Hunt! We had a fun reunion. We are in a very friendly town, that gets more wonderful in summer when eating outdoors in the warm air. Of course it started raining at the end but it was minimal, and the thunder and lightning were just lovely at night when not filming...praying hard that we get sun or at least lack of rain tomorrow... Tonight in honor of Mariana's first day working, the proprietress brought out a bottle of Prohibition-era Scotch that had been hidden in the floorboards of the mansion then. It does not get more surreal than that. We each got a tiny sip. Amazing. Back to town tomorrow. I can't wait. We get to film Kevin sans wig for the very first time, when he rides around town with Mariana on bikes, courting. And film the tribunal and hospital and yard sale scenes. Did I mention that I love my life? I so do. Miss my family tremendously, but I love. My. Life.