William H. Macy

William H. Macy Instagram – We were at Sosian Lodge, a beautiful resort in the bush, at the end of our eleven day ride, and we were talking about how well our groups had gotten along. Some said the “Snippy Hat” was an influence but others weren’t sure. The Snippy Hat tradition started at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York back in the old days. At their endless company meetings someone would inevitably get pissed off and he or she would have to wear the “Snippy Hat” until they calmed down. In those days it was a kitchen colander. The current Snippy Hat is… well, I’ll post the pictures. But Snippy Hat or not, we got along like a house afire.
The trip was a combination of delights laced with tension. As previously noted, I’m new to horse back riding, so that was obviously on my mind and I know Ripley and Ellen felt the same. We took riding lessons, but still…. Interestingly, Moore and Kim were more worried about the campfires after dinner. My family notoriously loves games and we’re known to break into song at times. And Felicity is the ringleader and insists everyone plays and that’s what kept them up at night. We played a hilarious game called “In the Manner Of” which Daisy taught us, and it turned out that Ripley spent several weeks preparing “Mona Lisa and Mad Hatters” and she accompanied herself on the uke as she sang it to our family. (Not a dry eye in the house)
One evening, after a pretty long ride to our new camp, our guide Simon wanted us to take a bit of a hike. We drove out to a trail head and hiked the rest of the way to a large rocky hill. At a point we said “Okay, we’ve done this, let’s go back to camp”, but Simon urged us on saying the view would be worth it. What we didn’t know was that there was a drivable road on the other side of the hill and the staff had driven up earlier and set up a bar with hors d’oeuvres. That’s my kind of roughing it. We built a fire and stayed there until well after dark playing games and singing. | Posted on 18/Aug/2022 07:00:44