Last April Cindy and I hosted a reading of Arny Kendall’s new play, “Waiting for the Big O,” at our house. The reading was timed to coincide with Arny’s visit in Asheville, so he and his wife Vicky were present, along with several other people including Asheville actors Alphie Hyorth and Tracy Dowd Hyorth who did the reading for us. The event was such a delightful experience for all of us that I soon afterwards began to contemplate doing more such “salons,” the basic impetus