In another post, I wondered if I got into National Theatre School to meet Richard Pochinko. Let me amend that. Richard Pochinko’s ideas were the main thing I was supposed to LEARN at NTS. They’ve percolated in my brain for years. And I regret not looking him up in Toronto and training more with him…
A friend once told me that whenever he finds a penny, he thinks of his mother. In fact, he thought that she was sending him a sign. By having him find the penny. In Canada, the penny stopped circulation around 2012. So, it is unusual to find one. Last year I read Medium Mentor by…
Sometimes the Woo Woo doesn’t happen to you. But it happens around you. When our eldest daughter, Caileigh, was two years old, we let her know that we were expecting another child. We told her that she was going to have a brother or a sister soon. Immediately, she kept referring to the new arrival…
Some of the weird things that have happened to me are the things that didn’t happen. What do I mean? Years ago, I dropped my daughter off at day care. I was heading to my car when I got an overwhelming feeling that I was going to die. It’s hard to explain. But I felt…
When I got into the National Theatre School (NTS), the first project we were working on was Clown. The teacher was Richard Pochinko. Pochinko’s style of Clown was a mix of European Clown and Native American Clown. I had already taken some Clown classes before. But this was unlike anything I had ever seen. It…
My mother had a book called Super Learning that was in our home for years. I picked it up and read it on a whim after I graduated from University. One of the topics in the book was visualization. The subject fascinated me. There was an exercise in the book that guided you through visualizing…
Seeing as this is my year of Woo Woo, I thought I’d dig a bit deeper into the Woo Woo in my life. So, for the next seven days, I’ll be posting about some of my previous experiences of Woo Woo. As a kid raised Catholic, I had a strong belief in angels and miracles.…
This is my 185th post of the year. Whew! Just over halfway there to 365 posts. Originally, I was shooting for a post a day. But I decided to do the average instead. To give me the opportunity to miss a day or two but catch up later. It’s funny. Choosing what to write about…
Reading eBooks isn’t for everyone. But I love it! Don’t get me wrong, I love holding a real book in my hands and reading it too. But having Kindle books on your phone? It’ like carrying a library around with you. Since I enjoy rereading books, it’s awesome. And if you have Alexa, there’s a…
Most of the media focuses on the negative. The saying “If it bleeds, it leads” is the mantra for news agencies. Mainstream media reports on murders. Robberies. Political hijinks. Shootings. All sorts of crimes. It’s no wonder that people think the world is falling apart. The media gives us a lens of destruction…
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