Swimming with My Mother

I saw the play Swimming with My Mother last night at the Guthrie Theatre's Dowling Studio.  It was very touching, and moving, particularly since I'm a mother, but also knowing the two performers were the "actual" mother and son -- perhaps a bit reflective as well.  Yes, pun intended!  The play, as described on the Guthrie's website, "A young boy takes a lesson from his mother, a swimming coach.  Life passes in laps, things change, and the boy teaches his mother to dance...their own stories intertwining and swelling like a rising tide."  The movement was so fluid like a blurring of water and dance, absolutely lovely.


At the end, the well known choreographer and performer David Bolger shows us a 6 minute film he did with his mother called Deep End Dance.  This was an incredible visual of dance under water.  Check it out below!

DEEP END DANCE from La Gaîté Lyrique on Vimeo.

Doesn't his mom, Madge, look great for 78 yrs old?!  Wow, if you are a an avid swimmer, keep it up!

Breathe, bubble, breathe, bubble...  Susan

What Would Your Pet Confess?

Recently I saw these amusing animal prints on dog-milk, part of design-milk.  They are a hoot!  Can't you just hear the cats and dogs pictured saying these things, with their little smug expressions!  They are by Christopher Rozzi of New York, NY.  His Etsy shop is called Tiny Confessions.  Each is a print made from an original painting.  You can get a few different color options for the backgrounds too, as well as many more clever "confessions" declarations.

As much as we all love and adore our pets, it's hard to know what your pet is thinking or verbalizing, so maybe just imagining them saying these things brings us one step closer in our relationships with them, huh?  Really?  Really?  It's ok to pretend, right?

Meow!  Woof!

XOXO Susan XOXO