kristy bowen | writer & book artist

Another week is quickly vanishing down the rabbit hole and we find ourselves mid-September, though the humidity the past couple of days may belie that.  This past weekend brought another trip to the drive-in, a musical adaptation of Tweflth Night out at Chicago Shakespeare, and sneaking off to see the new Practical Magic , which had all the right witchy vibes as the original, despite my relatively low expectations given Hollywood antics. The original came out when I was in grad school, and I remember watching it while visiting my parents and then promptly and immediately buying the soundtrack. I watch it every fall, usually more in October, but I bumped up my viewing to last week to get ready for the new one. It's a nice segue into the fall season from summer and before I move onto more horror-ish favorites.  This week, I have been puttering away on the play about e-mails from the dead, which is turning out to be both ghosty and mystery-toned, so it's lining up nicely. I'l...