In a recent blog post I mentioned finding old notes about various things that might become future blog posts. Well, the future is now! Four of the notes begin: “Dream:” and have some mention of what happened in some dream I had years ago. Often when I take notes, such brief phrases are enough toContinue reading “Notes About Dreams”
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“She Tipped Me A Crystal”
At Berkeley, we had a summer lunchtime theatre series. Each show rehearsed for two weeks (one week in the morning, one week in the afternoon) and then a week of performances. I directed two shows in two summers: Noel Coward’s We Were Dancing (in the Durham Studio Theatre) and Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost—which I cutContinue reading ““She Tipped Me A Crystal””
What Should I Write About Next?
One of the toughest parts of maintaining a blog is coming up with topics to write about. Lately the prompts have been repeating* so I sometimes struggle to come up with material. And then I go through boxes from my storage unit, and something falls into my lap, sometimes literally (like the index card, picturedContinue reading “What Should I Write About Next?”
*Honk* Put the Phone Down!
I realize that we are all Sovereign Citizens in our automobiles. A car is simultaneously a conveyance and a sanctuary. This explains why we can pick our noses or belt out our favorite songs and not worry about anyone watching. I once saw a woman driving with a cigarette in one hand, phone in theContinue reading “*Honk* Put the Phone Down!”
Change is Apparent…in my Pocket, in my Climate
Sometimes I forget to take change out of my pocket because I’m waiting until I get to my office desk and I can dump them into the little box I use to collect coins. I can feel the weight of them in my pocket, yet I tend to forget that they’re there—until I undress andContinue reading “Change is Apparent…in my Pocket, in my Climate”
An Assassin for What??
Years ago in Northeast PA (which does seem like a galaxy far, far away at this point), I had to walk to the end of the street to get my mail. As I exited my house and entered the road, two dogs across the way would bark at me from a badly-built enclosure. When IContinue reading “An Assassin for What??”
Peristalsis in Excelsis Deo. Amen.
Going through a box from my storage unit, I found notes in a variety of notebooks. I tore out the relevant pages—so few in each book—and am donating the books to Goodwill so someone will get more use out of them than I ever did or will. See, I would purchase them thinking I’d getContinue reading “Peristalsis in Excelsis Deo. Amen.”
Negative to Positive **ZZZZAP!**
What strategies do you use to cope with negative feelings? I’m sorry to say that I sometimes find myself in a situation when I get a bit overwhelmed by negative feelings. I often express this (silently, mentally) by wishing Russia would just release their nuclear arsenal and we wouldn’t be bothered by all the day-to-dayContinue reading “Negative to Positive **ZZZZAP!**”
Gimme a Murder Mystery
In discussing possible performance events with a local organization, we were asked if we could do a murder mystery dinner. Why, sure! But… I began researching them. They tend to fall into two categories: expensive (no, thanks!) and lame. The latter seem to have been created by some amateur theatre groups who thought they wereContinue reading “Gimme a Murder Mystery”
Hand Me the Whiteboard…
Every time someone starts an in-depth explanation of something, or I need to explain something that requires a variety of steps, I ask for “the whiteboard.” I assume at that point that only a detailed diagram will be able to provide any sensical explanation. I always needed a whiteboard when I covered one of theContinue reading “Hand Me the Whiteboard…”
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