Today is my boyfriend Michael’s birthday and I’m really missing him. He’s missing another Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year because he’s back home with the cats. Michael claims that he’ll attend his first Edinburgh Fringe Festival next year but if he does, our cats will likely be missing him then.
In the photos below, my son Aaron (shown during the first night of his Edinburgh Fringe show) is missing his beard. If you haven’t been missing any of my posts over the years, you’ll be amazed to know that Tom Joyce — a comedian whose shows we would never miss — is sharing the bill of my son’s Fringe Show.
So you won’t be missing any of my other photos from yesterday, here they are:
When I see a cat outside my son’s flat in Edinburgh, it helps me deal with missing our cats.
Yesterday, in my location, I was focusing on the location of my upcoming show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, as you can see in this email I sent to my “Venue Captain.”
Hi!
I’m working on my flyer so I wanted to know if the venue was handicapped accessible. Also, would you say it’s considered a little out of the way? I’m thinking of saying it’s not too far from St. George Square Gardens and/or the Meadows Tennis Court. Does that seem like a good way to get visitors to find it and not be too discouraged by the distance?
Also, if I put chairs in a circle how many people do you think could fit in the room?
Many thanks,
Ann (of Group “Therapy” with Ann)
By the way, I had one of those locations wrong — the correct name for that Edinburgh landmark would be “George Square Gardens.”
I don’t know the current location of my Venue Captain, but he was kind enough to email me back immediately .
Call me if u can. The spot the Venue is not out of the way from anything it’s in a great spot it’s next to summer Hall … I’m not next to my computer but it’s not like New York City where you have a show in Brooklyn and listen everybody’s excited to see shows ..don’t even mention anything you just tell them where it is it’s next to summer Hall . ..use google maps … download the app… so don’t worry about anything …
No matter what the location is, I agree with the Venue Captain, my Captain, that it doesn’t help to worry. Here’s what my captain said about the size of the room:
if you put people in a circle you might get 10 12 15 I’m not sure, it’s not a very big Room …I don’t know if you saw pictures of it
My captain told me not to worry about anything, so I won’t worry about what might happen if more than fifteen people show up at that location on August 19 at 13:00. Just like the five groups I do every week in the location of a hospital-based Primary Care Practice in Boston, I will do my best not to turn anybody away.
In my current location on the South Shore of Boston, I spent many hours yesterday trying to add a map with the location of my Edinburgh Fringe Festival venue to my flyer. This is the best map I’ve been able to capture so far:
Now that my son Aaron is in the same location as me (after arriving last night in Boston from his previous location in Jordan), I’m sure he’ll help me locate a better map locating my venue location on my flyer.
Here’s a video recommending locations to eat in Edinburgh:
I’ve been to a few of those locations (as you can see in locations here, here, here, here, here, and here). After watching that video, I’m adding several of those locations to my list of new locations to try.
Before reaching that Logan Airport location last night to await the arrival of my son Aaron, Michael and I revisited the location of Rincon Limeño, a wonderful Peruvian restaurant in East Boston. At that location, I took this photo, knowing it would appear in this exact location in today’s blog.
Thanks to all who helped me create this “locations” post and to YOU, no matter what your location is, here and now.
I love my daily tasks of (1) taking photos for this blog and (2) creating a new post here on WordPress.
Yesterday morning, I captured this image in Edinburgh, Scotland …
… and took this picture shortly before I went to sleep at night:
Between those two tasks, I
had breakfast with my son Aaron and Vicki, a wonderful Scottish woman who has the daily task of living with the same kind of unusual heart I have (and who appeared in my blog a year ago),
was relieved, thanks to Vicki, of any tasking worries about (a) my son starting University in Edinburgh next month and (b) my having open heart surgery soon after that,
swapped horror stories with Vicki about doctors and other medical people we’ve both encountered who have failed miserably in their basic tasks of providing expertise and empathy,
met with somebody at the University of Edinburgh about all the tasks we need to accomplish when we return home to the USA in order for Aaron to get his student visa in time to start his freshman student tasks on September 11, and
enjoyed the continuation of our current task of attending the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
You now have the task of looking at my other photos from yesterday.
Was there anything you especially enjoyed about that task? Anything you found particularly tasking (or taxing)? If you have questions or comments about any of those photos, I will fulfill my daily task of answering them before I blog again tomorrow morning.
Before you get on with your own daily tasks, I shall now give you an additional task: My son Aaron and I were discussing the insignia of University of Edinburgh, seen here in close-up:
Your task is to identify the top part of that insignia, above the book. Is it:
A disco ball?
A golf ball?
A flower?
All of the above?
None of the above?
Thanks to all who helped me fulfill the task of creating this post and to you — of course! — for completing your task of reading it.
