Freda's Place

Freda's Events May 26-30   It's been a busy, busy few days inworlds and out, so this week's event postings and newsletter are a tad later than I like them to be.  Better late than never!     Belles and Caledonia Skytower performed May 20 at Senchai Library.  Donna Reed we are not. Wednesday, May 26 at 6 AM PST, the Book Belles will be back at Seanchai Library in SL with honorary belle and great story teller, Caledonia Skytower.  We'll be performing more of the words of funny lady, Erma Bombeck.  This time it will be selections from her Housewife's Lament.   From soap operas to bizarre accidents and money woes to memory loss, the Book Belles and our special guest, Caledonia Skytower, will have you cracking up at the crack of dawn.    Here is the slurl:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28      Trolley reads TKAM in Second Life.  Later Wednesday (12 noon...

Friday, May 22 at 6 AM SLT Live Lit at The Haven with Freda Frostbite Velma and Lucille Ride Again!   This week, one of Donny Granger's uncles will go missing.  When he returns, it is obvious he's not telling the whole truth.  Can you figure out where he has been and why?  Also those two mean girls, Velma and Lucille, cause trouble again.  Who will come out on top?  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Molson/140/151/761

    One of SL's Finest Story-Tellers Reads One of The Greatest Books of All Time Trolley Trollop reads To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Wednesdays at 12 noon, US Pacific Time Wintermoon Village, Samhain in Second Life   

  Book Belles of SL and Caledonia Skytower Seanchai Library Wednesdays at 6 AM PST Trolley Trollop and I are determined to be Donna Reed.  Caledonia Skytower appeared as a tiny dragon.  She's lucky neither of us cleaned her wings with Pinesol .   Wednesday, 6 AM at Seanchai Library, Imagination Island   Last week, Erma had us laughing about guppies and diapers in church and parental curses.  This week, Caledonia Skytower will perform with the Book Belles as we take on Drivers' Education, Favoritism, and Summertime Blues.  This is a program guaranteed to make you laugh.  Be there or risk a maternal curse on your virtual soul!    

Sunday, May 17 at 1 PM PST Live Lit at The Haven with Freda Frostbite Finally, Great News For The Grangers of PIg Hill:  Mama's Home! *Escape From Pig Hill* by Stephanie Mesler. Mama and Daddy Granger have been away for a long while.  It's been rough on their kids, not that life isn't always rough on the Granger children -- but finally there's a happy day on Pig Hill when Kathleen Granger returns after months of cancer treatments.  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Molson/140/151/761

Real life author, Stephanie Mesler, known as Freda Frostbite in Second Life   performs Escape From Pig Hill in local voice   Fridays, 6 AM PST at The Haven on Molson       Last week, Donny Granger tamed a bully and made a friend for life.  This week his family will be reunited when Kathleen Granger is released from the hospital after months of intensive treatments for cancer.    Escape From Pig Hill,  is first being published  in serialized form on her other site .  Fridays, in Second Life, she is sharing the whole book in live performances at The Haven. The tale is told at 6 am* each Friday and Freda will be back to read more every Friday until the story is complete.  

Mrs. Piozzi requests the pleasure of your company at 5:30 PM Thursday, 14 May, for a very special literary evening at her home in Second Life.  Mrs. Piozzi will present the  chatelaine of The Haven in Bordeaux. Mlle. Lorsagne de Sade,  the notorious Marquise' notorious daughter, will present  "An Unfortunate Mother's Advice to Her Absent Daughters," penned in 1761 by Lady Sarah Pennington.  Mlle. de Sade hopes this literary work will lead to thoughtful and provocative conversation among those gathered on Mrs. Piozzi's terrace in Rocca Sorrentina.  Time allowing, Mlle. de Sade will also share selections from "The Complete Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu" (1753)

But somehow I'm thinking, this week, we won't have to.     Join us at Seanchai Library in Second Life Wednesday at 6 AM PST From Dirty Diapers to Guppies And a Whole Bunch of Other Stuff Performing Essays By Erma Bombeck

  Book Belles of SL Seanchai Library Wednesdays at 6 AM PST       We sure hope you are prepared for lots of laughter and good common sense from one of America's favorite moms.  This week the SL Book Belles will share selections from Erma Bombeck's columns on motherhood.  We'll be talking about diapers and The Birds and Bees, as well as spit and the keys to surviving motherhood.  Well, actually it'll be our mouths running but it's Erma who will do the talking.  So best be sure to put that coffee cup down, so you don't spit when you laugh.  The fun will start at 6 am PST Wednesday morning.  We'll be at the Seanchai Library on Imagination Island. 

Freda Brings  Escape From Pig Hill  To The Haven Fridays at 6 am* In Local Voice In her first life, Freda has recently written and published a novel.  The  new book, Escape From Pig Hill,  is first being published  in serialized form on her other site .  Fridays, in Second Life, she is sharing the whole book in live performances at The Haven. The tale is told at 6 am* each Friday and Freda will be back to read more every Friday until the story is complete.  Join Freda this Friday at 6 a.m. as she shares her writing in the shade of the old-time tent at the Lasata Tent Revival Campgrounds . . . circa 1956.   Last week, in Chapter 11 of Escape, we learned why Mean Margaret Adelbaum is so mean.  This week Freda will perform chapters Twelve and Thirteen.  Find out of Donny's Mama is getting well again and see what our hero does to change a bully into a friend.    ...

    One of SL's Finest Story-Tellers Reads One of The Greatest Books of All Time Trolley Trollop reads To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee Wednesdays at 12 noon, US Pacific Time Wintermoon Village, Samhain in Second Life   

    Book Belles of SL Seanchai Library Wednesdays at 6 AM PST   This week Second Life's Book Belles will continue their performance of works by Florence King. Last week, we looked at dead poets and moms and stalkers.  This time out, it's about our (and Florence King's) favorite stereotypes.  We'll introduce you to Big Daddy and the Hussy, gay southerners and those high strung Type A's.  We'll also talk about that not so rare of rarities, The Lovely Person.   We'll bring King's words and wit to life for you Wednesday at Seanchai Library in SL.  The fun will start April 29 at 6 am Pacific Time.  Tell your friends, your enemies AND your dog!  We want you all to join us! Trolls and I will be taking her cousin's pink caddy to the library, but here's your ride! Slurl to Seanchai:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/46/211/28 Trolley Trollop and Freda Frostbite prep for a recent...

Mrs. Piozzi's Soirees Thursdays at 5:30 PM PST Rocca Sorrentina, Second Life   Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi is back from Tivoli and getting over her great loss among friends on Rocca Sorrentina in Second Life.  Being born with a stiff upper lip, Hester has decided the best way forward is, well, forward .  In order to re-establish her place in local society, Mrs. Piozzi requests the honor of your company this Thursday night at 5:30 PM PST.  At that time, her selected friends will gather for social conversation (RP).  The topic on Hester's mind is human flight.  Recently (January 1785), two gentlemen - one French, one American -- crossed the English channel in a hot air balloon.  Hester is fascinated with the notion that men and - Dare she imagine it? - women might one day fly about in balloons, traveling from place to place untethered and free!  Please come to discuss this and other topics on our minds in this very modern age, May of ...

Doing the samba to Joe Cocker's "You Can Leave Your Hat On," requested as a dedication from one of us to the other.  I'll leave it to you to guess who has the raunchy taste in love songs.    You may not know our story.  Hex and I met almost six years ago in Second Life.  Back then, our avatars danced together a LOT.  One of the places we liked to go was Foxxies.  Now, we've lived together in Florida for four and a half years.  Once in a while, we dance in real life.  The other night, we put on our avatars and went to see if Foxxies is still in business.  Happily, it is.