Thank you to my fellow storyteller and writer Julie Threlkeld for asking me to take part in this Writing Round Robin Blog Tour Thingy™. To read Julie’s response to the Writing Round Robin Blog Tour Thingy™ and to check out her other work, click here. So, here we go… What am I working on? Good question! If bingeing … More My Writing Process Blog Tour
I seriously don’t understand why people hate LaGuardia Airport so much. I had another amazing travel day with them. One of, gosh, a hundred or so over the last few years. Got there in 10 minutes, got through security and was sitting at my gate 5 minutes later. Along the way, I heard “good morning” … More Lost & Found
So good. So, so, so good. Neil Patrick Harris is perfection. I first learned about Hedwig when I was still a tourist traveling to the Big Apple with my Ohio theater friends. We’d pile in a van, drive to NYC to jam-pack four, sometimes five shows in three days before the drive home. On one … More Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Turning 41 on a Tuesday can be pretty blah. If you looked at our day on paper, it probably was. We slept till 10:30 and in between the rush of showering, dog walking, coffee and breakfast, I gave Christian (the birthday boy) his gifts: 1) A doggy DNA kit for our mutt Griswold, 2) Tickets to … More My Fool’s Day
Continuing from my goal to remind myself of positive plans, here’s what’s in store for April. (Click to see January, February, March.) * Give two presentations at the Fox Cities Book Festival in Wisconsin. * Watch Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway starring Neil Patrick Harris for my husband’s birthday. * Celebrate the release of my husband Christian … More April 2014
I’m in a really bad mood, but my husband knows just how to pull me out of the spiral. He sent me a link to this! It’s a combination of my loves Neil Patrick Harris & Jason Segel singing “Confrontation” from Les Mis. The only thing that could make this better is if David Lee … More Neil Patrick Harris and Jason Segel Sing “Confrontation” from Les Miserables
I saw a tweet (click pic at right or scroll down below) from the NYPD and thought it was cool. It’s cool not only that in 1988 Mary Lowery was the first woman assigned to the NYPD’s Aviation Unit, but also because that same year Mom was wiring avionics for Heli-Dyne in Hurst, TX. She was even … More Fly, Baby, Fly
Ingredients: ½ lb orzo 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 6 oz pitted & sliced kalamata olives 4 oz diced sundried tomatoes (dry or jarred) 8 oz cubed or crumbled feta 2 oz toasted pine nuts handful of fresh diced parsley salt + pepper to taste Bring water to a boil, enough to cook your … More Mediterranean Orzo Salad
The first time I saw the Oscar-winning movie Midnight Express was the summer I turned seven years old. The Academy Award-winning film was based on the memoir by a young American named Billy Hayes who was arrested in Turkey in 1970 during an attempt to smuggle hashish out of the country by taping it all over his … More Solo Shows & Storytelling
Don’t ya just love when the Universe sends a clear message? I’ve been pretty lazy about a few projects and haven’t been able (wanted?) to focus on them even though they get me excited simply talking about them. These horses have got legs, some of them are even saddled up, I’m just not hopping on … More Make Life Happen
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