It’s August 10, and in a lot of ways my summer has not even started. I have projects that I will be killing myself to complete before I go back on the job as a teacher in a couple weeks.
But a lot of things did get rolling, at least. I finally got a good start on the very large book translation project I’m doing on Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser (Viennese conjuror from the early 19th century, an important influence in card magic).
Moreover, having rehearsed and practiced for several weeks, I finally started driving into DC this week to (attempt to) perform street magic. (I had very limited success with this, but the project is not over. I’ll write more about this later.)
Baseball has been a passion. I think at this point I have probably attended at least 17 Washington Nationals games, not all at RFK. I have gone to all the games (except two) in my mini-plan season ticket, plus three walk-up tickets for RFK and a gift ticket for Oriole Park in Baltimore. I’m delighted to note that my wife is almost as into this as I am.
Although I have been performing professionally about as much as I usually do in the summer, I very gladly have once again embraced magic and conjuring as a field of study, rather than a mere source of income in which I do my comfortable act. I haven’t introduced five new routines to my public performance repertoire, but I have introduced one (Gazzo’s cups and balls), as well as a new method (same presentation) for torn-and-restored newspaper.
Sorry it’s been over two months since I’ve been here. But hey, you know, I’ve been busy!
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