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      The fleur-de-lis, the flower of the lily, is said to signify perfection, light, and life.                                                         Three Fleurs-de-lis                                  1976, in the days of circus and youth, in San...

I just read 'The Secret Life of Clowns' by Jeff Raz. I enjoyed every word. It offers a near perfect segue from the closing of Ringling to the wonder of Cirque de Soleil.   Better still? It begins with a dedication to Peggy Ford and contains a wonderful story of her...

' The Japanese Method.' It was two or three minutes before he took my order. "Would you care for a drink?" he said, washing glasses, putting a few dishes away and drying his hands. "I'll be right with you." he added and he continued to clean up. Realizing that he had...

I Tumble.  Occasionally I look back through time's foggy filter at those 52 jokers; memories from four decades past. We worked in groups, rotating every few hours. We acted like animals, like statues, like furniture. We mimed. We made costumes and built props. We put...

The circus!  I feel like a child trying to understand a death in the family.  "What do you mean I can't see it again?  It's just headed to winter quarters. It'll will be back."  I struggle to accept that R.B.B.& B.Circus, The Greatest Show on Earth, is folding....

2017 Happy New Year ...  ? The unanswered question of 2017 is ... what to question? If I only have one to ask .... it would be where to place my doubt this year.  Will it be a happy new year, or do I question that? As in :  Happy ? New Year.  But doubting  12 months...