‘Life is Distracting and Uncertain,’ She said and went to draw the curtain
A line from Edward Gorey’s story The Shrinking Treehorn.
Naturally, as I begin my journey online and at home to move my stories from my private world to the public world, life gets in the way. I remember this quote because I once was in a play titled “Gorey Stories” in my community college. It was a fascinating production for me especially since I was already a bit of a fan. I was cast for only a very small part, but for the purpose of experience, I attended every single rehearsal and the set design meetings as well. During one meeting, not too far from opening night, we were told one of the leads had a broken ankle and could not perform. I suspected she might have actually just dropped out because ours was such a small production and it was indeed a strange play. Whatever the reason, the director needed someone to stand in her place, and because I had been to every rehearsal and only had one or two lines of my own, I was given her part. Continue reading “Gorey Stories”
INGRID E FABER 