I spent the second half of the summer (the entire month of August) as an apprentice with the famous Bread and Puppet Theater in Vermont. It was a very intense experience, from which I learned a lot in terms of puppetry and puppet-making techniques, as well as about what can be organized on a shoestring. I also learned (somewhat to my surprise, although not to my dismay) that despite its communal style, the theater is very much an autocracy, advancing the sole artistic vision of its founder, Peter Schumann (still going strong in Bread and Puppet's 50th season, at 79). With that in mind, I feel that personally a two-week internship there would have been adequate for me: I'm afraid I'm too old and stuck in my ways to become one of Bread and Puppet's army of puppeteers, myself. I did find the internship and the community very inspiring, and this re-exposure to puppetry and theater will directly influence my upcoming work. I hope to continue to be able to have learning and residency experiences like this one in many, if not all, summers to come; they greatly enrich my practice.