Yes, it's true. I took some time off and my life has changed quite a bit since I last checked in. There's a new address here and everything! (In case you followed a link here, be sure to change your bookmark or RSS to http://greatscottbaker.blogspot.com/) And, yes, I've abandoned the Tumblr experiment. I'm afraid I'm a bit too verbose for that to work.

So what's new? What's changed? Where to begin? First of all, Beeki and I are in Nashville, TN now. We've been here four months and have already had many foolish adventures. I've been working as an interpreter for the Deaf all over the city. It's been hard to talk about it via Twitter and Facebook because of the strict confidentiality requirements that come along with being an interpreter. But, I have been giving it a great deal of thought and I've come up with some creative ways to give you insight into what I get myself into. After all, how can I not let you in on things like the time a security guard introduced me to another security guard as the "guy who does the interpretatin' for the blind"? I know. I must share. And I shall.

Also, I just got some big news that's been brewing for quite some time. I've just been named the Director of Development for the Nashville Shakespeare Festival! It's been in the works for quite some time, and it's just been made official. I'll get started within the next few days or so and then I begin rolling in the dough for the Bard. My first duties will include getting ready for a January production of The Tempest and next summer's Shakespeare in the Park presentation of Love's Labors Lost. I'm really excited and can't wait to get started.

Beeki has been doing really well too. She just directed a production of Love's Labors Lost for a private school. Actually it was two private schools, an all-boys school and an all-girls school. They got together for the show. I know, kind of perfect for LLL, right? It played the weekend of Halloween and was really very good. I've included a picture from the show here. (Photo courtesy of Jim Thomas.) You can, of course, follow all of Beeki's adventures on her blog here.

The Shakes production was her second gig here. Earlier this summer she assistant directed a reading of a new play by Ted Swindley of Always... Patsy Cline fame. She was actually working with Mr. Swindley whom we found out was a fellow Baylor grad. He took a liking to Beeki and we hope they get to work together again soon.

She's looking forward to more directing work soon, and in the meantime she'll be helping the Nashville Shakes out with some teaching artist responsibilities and some educational booking assistance. In the spring she begins work as an adjunct professor at Lipscomb University teaching in their theatre department.

Bert and Ernie have adjusted pretty well. They were very disoriented when we first got here, but they're fine now. Also, we've discovered that they're racist. They bark at all of our Asian, Indian, and black neighbors more than the white ones. We are ashamed. They're also working on an art photo series recreating famous scenes from Shakespeare. I have their first entry here.

Well, at any rate, that's the 'here-we-go-again' post. I'll be posting again regularly here from now on. You can also follow me on Twitter @greatscottbaker. There's some more big news on its way about a new writing project I'm starting. More soon!