My daughter is quite the crafty one. She is smart and creative. She can use her precociousness and persuasiveness simultaneously and deliberately, so this girl rarely hears "no" from people other than her primary caregivers and authority figures (really, just her parents and teachers). Which means that I had to get really clever, myself. My daughter, the ...
Several years ago, I wrote a post specifically about my love of and history with music; But, in truth, music has infiltrated almost every space of this site. I write about our daily dance parties, my deep love for the music of Brett Dennen, my rich history with musical theatre and the soundtrack that makes up my life.
Musical Theatre has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember; I started acting out the Wizard of Oz word for word from age 2; I was acting in school plays by age 6; I went to drama camp as a pre-teen and then became a drama counselor, then improv teacher than show ...
I've written and raved before about the magic and beauty and romance that is Lindsay Docherty Photography. Here is the final installment of my journey with Lindsay. Let me be clear in saying this: This is not a sponsored post. These photos are not c/o her business. I am writing about the phenomenal Lindsay Docherty because she ...
Since having my second child my world has changed in more ways than I could have imagined. As our triangle turned into a square (quite seamlessly in many ways, I should say), I have experienced love and joy that I had not yet known. And one positive thing that I have done has been starting 511, ...
As I mentioned in Part 1 of this story, my Fall and Winter got very dark. So I warn you to proceed with caution. Because if you know me, you know that I am a happy person. That I'm always smiling, that I love children and that I have dance parties every day. This is a different ...
Music is playing inside my head Over and over and over again My friend, there's no end to the music Ah, summer is over But the music keeps playing And won't let the cold get me down -Carole King, Music *** This morning, as I spent time flitting about and trying to tidy, I left my daughter to have some quiet play time in ...
Some things are good. Other things are great. Getting to come home from a wonderful morning of teaching, only to find my sister and daughter playing dress-up together, my little girl decked out in gold chains and over-sized purple shades, feels great. "Sorry, but you can't dress her up as well as I can," my baby sister said to me. "That's ...
exactly one year ago, I was on stage, clomping around in clunky shoes, thick, nude stockings, and a tent-like tunic from the 50s, while performing as Mrs. Martha Arable, Fern's mother in a community theatre production of Charlotte's Web. Right this minute, exactly one year ago, I was tired. Tired, and a bit disheveled. See? See, that's me, ready to leave for my evening performance. ...
This time of year always makes me nostalgic. There's something about seeing the store aisles crammed with pencils and backpacks and trapper keepers (in my mind. trapper keepers still exist, in my mind.) that brings me back to Labor Days past. Two years ago, Labor Day brought me and my husband to New York City. We were newlyweds, so ...
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