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?”
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*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…”
Writing’s On the Wall…?
Are you superstitious? Can a person be superstitious and not superstitious at the same time? I don’t really believe that “bad luck” is caused by things such as breaking a mirror, walking under a ladder, or having my path crossed by a black cat. And yet I assiduously avoid all of those things. If aContinue reading “Writing’s On the Wall…?”
Post Mortem
One of the strict rules of StoryZ is that we constantly examine and discuss what we do. As in cop dramas, this process is called the post mortem. After our recent premiere production of Gentle Larceny, we invited the audience to stick around after the Friday night performance for a talkback, as research for theContinue reading “Post Mortem”
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