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A Brighter Dawn

As the sun shines and my daffodils open in the garden, I've been reminded of Lewis Carroll's letter to children (author of Alice in Wonderland).  I think it's beautiful, here is part of it:

Do you know that delicious dreamy feeling when one first wakes on a summer morning, with the twitter of birds in the air, and the fresh breeze coming in at the open window.  And is not that a Mother's gentle hand that undraws your curtains, and a Mother's sweet voice that summons you to rise? To rise and forget, in the bright sunlight, the ugly dreams that frightened you so when all was dark –– to rise and enjoy another happy day, first kneeling to thank that unseen Friend, who sends you the beautiful sun?

This Easter sun will rise on you, dear child, feeling your 'life in every limb,' and eager to rush out into the fresh morning air –– and many an Easter-day will come and go, before it finds you feeble and gray-headed, creeping wearily out to bask once more in the sunlight –– but it is good, even now, to think sometimes of that great morning when the 'Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in his wings.' Surely your gladness need not be the less for the thought that you will one day see a brighter dawn than this –– when lovelier sights will meet your eyes than any waving trees or rippling waters –– when angel-hands shall undraw your curtains, and sweeter tones than ever loving Mother breathed shall wake you to a new and glorious day –– and when all the sadness, and the sin, that darkened life on this little earth, shall be forgotten like the dreams of a night that is past!

                                                    -Lewis Carroll, An Easter Greeting to Every Child Who Loves 'Alice'

Easter Sarcasm

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Are you dying to see a Rideout film?  Now you can!  Wait for Rain is now on iTunes!  Yippee!

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/movie/wait-for-rain/id616328099

Tell It Like It Is

Remember how Esmé likes to call out inappropriate things in public?  Well it happened again.  This time even worse.

We were sitting in MacDonald's eating ice cream (yes, macdonald's, are you shocked? well we go for ice cream okay?  i love their cones and so does esme. we are not ashamed.)  Anyway... A very old man walked by us very slowly with his walker squeaking along the tile floor.  Esmé watched him for a second and then pointed and declared, "Mommy, that man is going to die soon!"

My heart was in my throat.  But the man kept walking slowly along, maybe too deaf to hear, or maybe crying a little inside.  We will never know.

The Kyle Chronicles

There are two questions that I get asked fairly often which usually result in me staring off into space, wondering how to formulate an answer.  The first, from a new acquaintance, "And what does your husband do for a living?" And the second, from everyone else, "So what is Kyle up to these days?"

"Well... you know... stuff."  This is me trying to stall as I decide how much information the person actually wants to know.

So I'll give you point form, and if you want more, just click!

• Doing final the revisions on his Eadweard screenplay
• Casting for Eadweard the film, shooting this summer
• Film Pre-production on Eadweard (budgeting, hiring crew, meeting lawyers, contacting investors, re-writing, interviewing, more hiring, visualizing, storyboarding, location scouting, and on and on and...)
• Talking to news magazines
• Getting more press, and more, e di piu
• Being the weekly voice of a cute lizard
• Voice over for a few other animations which haven't been released yet
• Sending his second feature film screenplay to production companies (title and subject not yet released!)
• Writing a third feature film screenplay based on a Canadian novel (also a secret!)
• Applying for funding for his TV pilot (you guessed it... a secret!)
• Auditioning for film, TV, theatre, and voice acting
• Writing film grant proposals
• Keeping up with his short films Hop the Twig and Wait for Rain which are still touring the world film festivals and winning way to many awards.
• Teaching Shakespeare to kids in schools
• Travelling to Philadelphia, Toronto, and LA for film research, meetings with investors, and interviewing with agents. (No links but a few photos for you.)

All this and he still makes time for diaper changes, story time, wrestling, cooking breakfast, running errands, doing laundry and dishes, and cuddling with all three of his "girls."

Superman?  I think so.

(Don't forget to check out the Motion58 blog for periodic Kyle updates.)