As The Speare Bearer approaches his halfway mark, he encourages you to support One-Man Street Shakespeare on a Bike via a PAYPAL donation!!

I just want to be really frank with all my friends, and the followers of this blog. While I’m out here, when I perform for people, I tell them the show is free, because I’d rather perform for free than have people refuse the show and find yet another reason to shun theater and shun Shakespeare. I give them all a card hoping they’ll donate later, which is kind of what this is about. I really count on the believers in this project to help me get by.

I don’t require all that much, but I do need to get essentials here and there, and I’ve been REALLY fatigued lately and it’s because I don’t have enough money to buy enough good food to eat. Sometimes I’m too tired to move, and I’ve still got a town I’ve never been in to scour for performance opportunities before sundown, and hopefully performances to do, and it’s an awful feeling to not have the energy left to do so when it’s what I came for. I am riding really hard to make it all the way around the country, back to NY, before winter, so I need to eat A LOT. The grace of God and your generousity are all that see me through.

So please, I implore you, if you see the value in my project, please commit like $10 bucks a MONTH to me from now to Oct. Or whatever you can. And please don’t look at this and assume the next person will donate so you don’t need to. You’re all I’ve got.

Thanks for even taking the time to read this and consider, and please share the project with your friends. And please write and let me know how YOU’RE doing, because I miss you. Love ya.

-The Speare Bearer

Do I imagine that most people I meet are scared of me, or am I actually scary?

Thoughts.

The Speare Bearer: Group of homeless guys I performed my Hamlet sesport scene for on my way out of San Diego, CA yesterday, 04/30 Really kind group of guys. They had nothing but kind, encouraging words to say. One fella said “keep doing what you’re doing.” I dunno why, but it makes me kinda tear up just to think about…
The Speare Bearer: Is that NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton and his friends Chris, Josh(????), Lauren, and Richard at a fund raiser for Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF)??? Yeeessss… Did I get to meet him and hang out??? Yeesss.. 04/29 Thanks to my good friend, fellow bike tourer Glen Gullickson from Bicycle Outfitters, in Seminole, Florida, who actually sold me my bike. He got me in contact with Mr. Walton, and the rest was awesome. Mr. Walton was super kind, and very generous with his time, which MANY people asked of him. It was great to see greatness in person and to see it handled with class, wit, and grace. And he’s a TALL son of a gun by the way.
Ralf: What would you say makes a player great? Is it- Bill Walton: Brains and heart. Ralf: You wouldn’t add talent to that? Bill Walton: (Shrug) … Everybody has talent. The best players are the smartest and most commited. The ones with the most passion, and who have the grandest vision.

Gonna be rolling into San Diego early afternoon.. Been invited to participate officially at the Youth Shakespeare Fest.. But I still don’t have a place to stay. Gonna be in town 4 nights. Anyone have any leads???

The Speare Bearer: California, 04/19. Praise God.
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