There’s a lot to miss about my career as a journeyman film director. Chief among them is the comradery of the crew members.

A recent post by Moira Carlson in her sketch a day series told me that skunk cabbage are also known as bog lantern. That’s fascinating.  I love the smell of skunk cabbage and don’t find it at all objectionable.  But then I like the smell of durian, and I’ve known people who became nauseous to the point of throwing up when confined with one.

On one of our location shoots I had the crew van stop in Chinatown in Vancouver so that I could buy a durian.  When the camera crew discovered its smell, they decided to hide one in the grip truck as a prank. (an expensive prank, given the price of the darn things, and a waste of a great fruit).  That caused complaints to travel up the chain of command, and reprimands to quickly slide back down. Film crews can be so much fun, eh. I do miss that.