My year, the Groon Year, ends in late February. But it’s hard not to reflect on the calendar year as December comes to an end. And I realized that I haven’t posted about a milestone that I reached in the late summer. I became an International Playwright! Yes, one of my plays had a staged…
My son sent us a message at 6:37 a.m. MST on Messenger. They’re two hours behind us, so it was 8:37 a.m. for us. The message? “It’s go time!” Keaton and Kate’s due date was December 13, but their baby decided December 3 was the day. Three hours later, at 9:29 a.m. MST, Atlas Cameron…
I discovered that being creative is like exercise. If you stop doing it regularly, you’ll soon stop doing it at all. Last year, I was shooting to write 365 blog posts. After reaching that goal, I decided to cut back and write 52 posts for the rest of this year. Guess how many posts I’ve…
I found out last night that I won’t be playing Vanya in Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike. At least not any time soon. Not only did I not get the part — I didn’t even get a callback. Talk about adding insult to injury. Oh well. I’ll be honest. It stung. It always…
I auditioned for a role yesterday. It was to play Vanya in the play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang. Deb and I saw the original production in New York with Sigourney Weaver and David Hyde Pierce in 2013. It was great. And I’ve wanted to play Vanya since then. I…
I noticed a cup in our cupboard this morning. It has a photo on it that’s faded to near invisibility. But you can still make out the words on the other side. It was a cup I had made for Deb one Mother’s Day long ago. I don’t usually think of these things ahead of…
AI is everywhere these days. You see it in social media posts. And internet memes. Soon we won’t be able to believe anything that we see online! But is AI bad? It’s a tool. And it’s the wielder of the tool that decides to use it for good or bad. Seth Godin has mentioned in…
This is the second year in a row that Deb has been out of town on her birthday. Happy birthday, my dear. The other day, I was in her office and saw this photo from when she was directing A Christmas Carol. I love this picture! (I’m sorry but I forgot who took it) It…
It’s been a while since I gave an update on my quest to reach my Marathon Weight. And to be honest, not much has happened. In the first six months of 2025, my average weight has been 199.8lbs. Going down a little one month and going back up a little the next month. During that…
I was journaling this morning and asked myself what I should be doing. Below is the advice I gave myself. It’s advice I’ve given myself before. And even given to others. But I thought I’d share it any way. Of course, this advice doesn’t only pertain to writing. Keep writing. Do the work. Stop worrying…
Wow. It’s been a month and a half since my last post. Usually, that wouldn’t be so uncommon. But I just finished a challenge to post almost daily for a year. It took longer, of course. But in the end I got 365 posts done. But I thought it would be easy for me to…
We have two more performances of Things I Know to be True. It’s always weird when a show is coming to the end of the run. We’ve spent weeks working on this show. Rehearsals started in February, but we met as a cast before that. It feels like we’ve been working on it much longer.…
This is the start of Tech Week for us actors. In the Dundas Little Theatre show Things I Know to be True. For the crew, Tech Week began yesterday. The culmination of Tech Week is Opening Night. This Friday. When paying patrons come and see our show. Gulp! That thing that seemed so far away…
I have three priorities for April. And I broke the goals into mini goals per week. I outlined them here. Last week, my focus was on two targets. This week, I had three goals. I only managed to meet one of the three goals. My weight went down. But only to 199.3lbs. So, I’m still…
Just over a year ago, I started this project. To write 365 blog posts. It took a little longer than I thought. Instead of 12 months, it took me 15 months. Still, not bad. I wrote more posts in the last 15 months than I had written in the previous 13 years! Wow. Seth Godin…
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