Around the Block: The Haunting of Bricks House

Welcome to a new episode of Around the Block...

Today's episode is called "The Haunting of Bricks House" 

On the hill behind the Bricks Motel stand the old dilapidated Bricks house.  It’s rumored to be haunted by the ghosts of Mrs. Bricks and her son Norman who killed each other over an argument about who got to wear Mrs. Bricks’ calico dress and wig with the bun on back.  But today, the film crew of a new movie, The Haunting of Bricks House, is being directed by the world-renown directory, Alfred Hitchblock.  Although a tough director to work for, he makes great blockbuster films.

The film is based on Shirley Blockston’s book of the same name.  The famous actresses, Janet Brick and her daughter Jamie are playing the leading roles.  According to Heda Blocker, local gossip columnist, she writes “The film’s plot centers around a ghost hunter (played by the really stacked Jamie Brick) and her pursuit of an evil witch, Isobella Hagface (played by Janet Brick) and her lesser-evil henchman, Pumpkin (Tony Brick, husband and father). When not being evil villains, those Bricks are avid photographers of plumbing and water features at forgotten out-of-the-way roadside motels. 

During one of the most important scenes, they are interrupted by local musician, Rocker Blocker and the Blockheads, a.k.a. Gloria Blockowitz and her brothers, Roger and Dodger.  The three-person band had heard about the movie and wanted to be a part of it. They offered to perform their one and only hit, Buy Me Almonds at the Peanut Stand, a rock hit written by their seventy-one year old maiden aunt. Alfred Hitchblock is not amused.

Meanwhile, around the corner of the Bricks house, the Ziplip triplets -- Horace, Morris, and Trixie -- all decked out in their Halloween costumes, are plotting their trick or treat pranks.  They are contemplating trying them out on the filming crew.  Horace wants to do a chorus of Dry Bones while doing a skeleton dance, while Morris wants to buzz around like a fly and land on people’s heads. And Trixie just wants to show everyone her new pom poms.

CSM

It's Been A Long Long Time

 Wow.  March was the last time I posted.  

Ahhhh.  Let me just take in a deep breath of fresh air and sit back, relax, and write a new post.

Taking a break from a project is actually good for you.  That's what I've been telling.  And it seems to have worked.  It's been a busy summer.  A few hellos and a couple of goodbyes, but through it all, I cultivated some new ideas, some new rants, and realizing the need to write.  For me it is the best way to let go, open up, and let the mind's eye look around.

I've been revisiting old stories, plot lines, and works-in-progress, but I've also been looking into where I came from.  I don't mean my childhood.   I mean way before that.  The way past...  My own genealogy. 

Grandparents, great grandparents, great-great grandparents and beyond.  I've learned about where my family came from and, in the process, learned about the present.  The struggles, the hardships, the losses, the gains.  This is definitely a new source of imagination.  Not that it is easy to image; usually I end up saying that I can't image what it was like.

Anyway, this is a rambling post.  A way to get the flow flowing.  The rush rushing along.  A return.

Now to just keep it up.

CSM