Sharing a cup of coffee good or bad. Spaghetti with meat balls. Arguing over who gets to sleep on the couch. Watching “A Muppet Christmas Carol” on Thanksgiving day. Opening 1 present on Christmas Eve. Giving her the perfect gift that makes her hands shake as she opens it. The look of surprised delight when…
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So This Happens
An organization I was working with was creating a project to show the diversity of the Black community. The project was going to include a series of recordings and one of the producers contacted me about auditioning we scheduled a meeting. The day of the meeting the producer never showed up. I sent a follow-up…
The Dash and My first acting gig.
In loving honor of my mother and friend Anna G. White. We planned and created much of Mom’s funeral ourselves with a huge amount of help from her church community and friends. During the service I read a part of the poem “The Dash by Linda Ellis You can read the whole poem here. After…
The Blue and the Green. (A story from Double Edge Theatre Training)
The Blue and The Green Long ago before the before times, the sky people lived in a vast castle above the earth. For generations the castle rose and rose until nothing could be seen of the earth below except the blue and green, and the blue and the green. One day the wisest sky people…
Training at Double Edge
A lot of people have asked about my experience training at Double Edge Theatre. It’s been a little hard to navigate that because of the nature of the training and because part of the work is not to talk about what you do so that you don’t over analyze it. So this post is my…
Girl Talk Theatre
When I went to see Girl Talk Theatre I didn’t know if I would enjoy it or not. Lately I’ve been to see some theater that was very transforming and helpful to the people creating it, and or a small part of audience but not as relevant to the rest of us who were there….
I Love the Internet.
J.P. Kallio is a really great singer songwriter and I follow his blog. Yesterday he sent an email to his list inviting us to sign back up vocals for him on his new song and we could do it right at home. I was like YEAH! All we had to do was all we had…
Committed to the Cool
Five or so years ago my car was totaled. It was a silver 2001 Toyota Prius, and It was completely paid off. I bought it when I was still working as a software Q.A. engineer. When it was deemed a total loss I had to choose a new car that fit the budget of an…
The Olympics in Boston
Last summer I thought the hosting the Olympics in Boston was a good idea. I believed what people said about it bringing funding to improve the infrastructure. I like to think of Boston as a world class city. And, I happen to think the Olympics are really cool. But that was last summer. After this…
Lines Connecting Lines Art show
Here is a first my first photograph hanging on a gallery wall in an art exhibit.