Our semiannual club parlor show is coming up at the Ann Arbor Magic Club before the Canterbury Village Faire, so we are going to take advantage of another opportunity for Mirf to perform before a live audience. Live audiences are hard to emulate in rehearsal. I can put together a group of 10 or 20 […]
Mirf Tales: Walking before running First and foremost, Mirf’s health and wellbeing are paramount so I will start by briefly telling you about Mirf’s health and development. When I picked up Mirf from the Breeder the first thing I did was schedule an appointment with our local veterinarian. His first appointment Dr. Gaide said he […]
Mirf’s training can be divided into 3 main categories: health, performance and environment. Veterinary appointments, diet, attire and safety are health considerations while training with the props and the presentation of it are performance. One might imagine that performance would be the most difficult and time-consuming part of Mirf’s training, it’s not. Environmental training is, […]
I was going to title this “Bring in the clowns!” but the competition was the next day, so nobody was in makeup…just a bunch of naked clowns. Mirf made his debut at the Great Lakes Shrine Clown Units Association Mid-Year Shrine Clown Convention, April 21, 2023, 4:00 PM. This is not offered as a how […]
Mirf Tales: How it started I have started to write this dozens of times only to select all and delete, never happy with the results. I can be a perfectionist sometimes to my own detriment. Sadly, I also admit that I am writing this story mere hours before the deadline. I’ll start at the beginning […]
