Lake + Hashbrowns

A surprisingly good smell combo! Just got done with my morning walk, and once again realized that our neighborhood nearly ALWAYS smells like hashbrowns! I'm actually totally delighted by this. I think it comes from Key's, but I also LIKE to think that it's coming from the homes surrounding us, and that I contribute to it here and there.

There is something so comforting to me about the smell of hashbrowns (and eating them too, of course :)). I think much of this has to do with the fact that my mom would make them for me every day before school, often with sausage and toast. It was a true privilege to know I'd get to sit down to a hot breakfast every morning - thanks mom. I think it's that sense of care and love that I attach to the smell of hashbrowns. It makes me happy EVERY SINGLE TIME I smell it. Perhaps this is part of why I'm so insistent on getting out for my morning walks each day :)

This particular morning, I took in a commingling smell of Como Lake and hashbrowns together, and it too was totally delightful! I associate lake smell with summer and simplicity, so these too things together made my heart sing! I think I associate nature smells in general with simplicity. The crispness and earthiness are what I need to help me focus in on the moment and digest it. Going to Taylor's Falls/ Interstate State Park was EXACTLY what I needed, and made me really stoked about the idea of visiting more Minnesota State Parks this fall.

I listened to a podcast this morning about how to 'make every day your favorite,' and today is my favorite so far because of my appreciation of these commingled smells :)

Empty Vending and Spoiled Clementines

Definitely the opposite of what I’m feeling like today :)

Dancer Notes from Tech Rehearsal

RUN #1

KP - exit arch Square can start out a little further

LIGHTS: go right from orange to blue - no white between (all solos)

LIGHTS: shift out of green and into something else when everyone enters after Sara (sooner)

End circle: further ST R

SOUND: Great timing/ louder?

LIGHTS: Look was good when side light got added

Sara: enter group with twists up of KP

LIGHTS: No light upstage of the arch until duets please

LIGHTS: I'd like a cue shift at top of each duet

LIGHTS: no dropping of downstage light

LIGHTS: brighter on Up ST clump after first two duets of three

BSR + SK - more weight share/ hand holds in duet?

BSR + SK: Set up closer to arch at end of duet

SO GREAT! Being more warm will just make your plies deeper

Cut seconds slot throughs deeper

LIGHT: Fade sooner and longer at end

RUN #2

Hands - extend through fingertips!

Great exit KP

Nora - FIRE!

Keep looking over shoulder in first square

Take moment to floor to your corner to not close in too soon!

Sara - good timing on circle - if you have to go that early, do it!

BSR - keep listening for the details in the sax during your solo

Doug - running in for solo looks like Superman, which I love

BSR, Nora and Doug - enter sooner for second square

You are all LIVING IN IT! Enjoy our weird little fictional and abstract world while you can

Square was not center

Lumberjack and superhero-influenced sassy-pantses competing for the title of Feistmeister

BSR - sharper heads in coyotes

Sara - a little further UP ST for beginning - losing your face

Sara - leave a little sooner

Sara and Doug exit - SUPERPEOPLE!

Entrance - SOONER DOUG!

BSR - be not afraid of pause and suspend

BSR + Sara - track that end of duet!

Slots - could still be a little deeper, but I loved Doug hugging wall!

Joy with one another at end!

FADE: Start as soon as they start moving to ST R com