The Dog is Down

"The dog is down."
I say that every time I feed Zoe. I usually also say, "That would be a great title for a book." So, how come I can think up great titles, but never put anything under them?
I bought the audio CD An Evening with Sheldon Harnick. Pretty cool. He talks about writing lyrics. That something I know something about. I continue to be amazed when the lyricist tells about writing something in ten minutes. That's happened to me. You grind on some subject for a week or so, maybe even subconsciously, and suddenly it all falls together.
Harnick got a great tune on the CD called "When the Messiah Comes." It was going to be used near the end of Fiddler, but they cut it from the show because it might be seen as "too irreligious." I think it's great.
I went on Amazon and was going to buy some of the other CDs in the Evening with series. They are all "out of print" and used copies are going for over $100. I wish I had all of them.
At The Guild it appears that I will be the Properties Governor. Nobody petitioned to run against me. So I've got to start looking for props and for people to help me.
The RedWings are in the Stanley Cup Finals for the second year in a row. They'll play Pittsburgh who are also in the finals for the second year in a row. It will be interesting.
And the Tigers continue to be in first place.
And the patio is together. It's a big job … almost like opening a camp. Julie has close to 30 pots of flowers. The yard looks great.