Remiss!

It has been over a month since I've updated.  It's not out of laziness - I have just finished seven papers, and I have two more to go.  My favorite is one I submitted Friday to a theater research symposium - a case study on famous Italian courtesans-turned-starlets (cleverly titled "Harlots and Starlets").

Meanwhile, grants!  Oh, and La Fenice was nominated for a local award!  Oh, and the hubby has many projects in the fire (as per usual), but these latest are very exciting and all a little hush-hush until they're released unto the world.

Today, the hubby finished installing a knife-throwing board in the yard.  (Crazy, right?  Yes.  Crazy awesome.)  After about twenty minutes of practice, I got decent at it.  Even little Monster took a turn, after learning some safety precautions.  VERY exciting stuff.

In sad news, Delilah, the sole surviving chicken of a series of hungry dog attacks, went missing last night.  Usually she hides under the barn if there's a predator of any kind, and she loved to ride around the yard sitting on the hubby's foot, would come running over when we'd come home and adopt a pose that we called "the chicken line-backer," which meant she wanted us to pet her coxcomb.  There are a few scattered feathers, but no more than a chicken loses when agitated.  I thought I heard her a number of times during the day - I'm hopeful that she's just scared and under the barn, and we'll find her taking a dirt bath tomorrow.