magic on a sunday

dear friends and family,

i am writing you these lines from my comfy bed in my room. the window is open and allows a lazy breeze to come in and kiss my bare skin. someone is hammering, someone is mowing her lawn and occasionally there is a car driving by. the sky is grey and the trees dance in the steady wind that makes their leaves sing.

i am happy.

what a weekend it has been. rehearsal, fun people, magical moments, deep sleeps and good food. every so often i stop in the midst of my movement and am so full of joy and happiness that my heart seems to over float.

much ado finished last weekend and it was fun.

but i am also happy that it is over. too much drama behind the scenes and so many things not

taken care off... i love the

people i was working with but there was no real team effort = so it seemed to me. usually your fellow actors in the show as well as the crew become your family outside your own. you work together so closely and spent so much time together that it is almost natural. but with this production i didn;t feel it. it was a long rehearsal process until opening night with people dropping out of the show and having to be replaced and no real direction from the director. it was a little disappointing. and at the same time it was also great fun. i was able to wear long dresses and a wig!! yeah!

we did 1o shows and had a good audience most of the time. we never sold out but we always had people in the rows. sometimes they were laughing and with us throughout the whole show. sometimes we almost wanted to sent someone out there to check if they were still alive as they didn;t make any sound at all...:)

now i am focusing on my last show. the merchant of venice. we open in june. so a good month away from today. it is so much fun. our director is just wonderful and has a clear vision of what he wants to do with this show. so nice to walk into the rehearsal space knowing that there is already a plan for todays practice. we move along so beautifully. i love my fellow actors and i really like my role. i am playing portia!

also in a little over a month i will be leaving this country that has become my home over the last year. i am also leaving guelph which is such a beautiful place to live in. i am staying with my dear friends in minnesota for a couple weeks and then on june 28 i will be flying out of the us and head to germany!! yea, that's right i will be going back to see my lovely family and all my lovely friends!! at this point i am not exactly sure how long my stay will be. i would love to come back here. this is the life i always dreamt about. theater. english. canada. children. funky city. beautiful people. conscious lifestyle. i am happy here. but i am also open to whatever happens when i am back in europe. i still want to walk the camino and spent some time in beautiful la tranche sur mer.

we will see what the universe unfolds. i am embracing life. and the many choices i have. and will have.

namaste my friends.

may you feel bliss and joy in your heart and soul.

may you be loved and hugged and kissed,

may you send out your beautiful smiles to whoever you meet.

(like today on the street when i passed an older man in a wheel chair and he waved to me as if we knew each other. that made me smile. from one ear to the other.:))

love and light,

jewels