Deb and I saw the play 1939 at Canadian Stage last weekend. Wow. Written by Jani Lauzon and Kaitlyn Riordan. It’s about some Indigenous kids at a Residential school in Northern Ontario. Their teacher wants them to put on a production of Shakespeare’s All’s Well That Ends Well. The play follows the five students as…
It seems to happen every month. I have a plan. Enthusiasm is strong at the beginning of the month. And then imperceptibly, a drift happens. A drift away from the plan. It’s subtle. But it seems inevitable. There’s a week left and I haven’t made a dent in September’s plan. My lines for The Game’s…
Deb has started rehearsals for A Christmas Carol. She’s directing the play. Even though she’s been busy prepping for rehearsals, now she’ll be out of the home three times a week. At least! And I’m well into rehearsals for The Game’s Afoot and choir. What does that mean? It means for the next few weeks…
It’s well known amongst my family and friends that I have trouble keeping a straight face. My acting buddies from school frequently ask me to “give attitude”. Because when I try to be serious, I break out into a stupid grin. This can be a problem when performing a comic play. Funny lines and funny…
I said last month that I was noticing a pattern with my daily posting. How I start off the month strong but then stumble around mid-month. And then spend the rest of the month trying to catch up. This month, the stumble began at the beginning and I’m no where near catching up. The thoughts…
I saw the movie Sing Sing recently. It’s about a group of inmates in the Sing Sing maximum security prison that take part in the RTA program. Rehabilitation Through the Arts. The RTA is a program that uses theatre as a form of therapy and transformation. While incarcerated, the inmates put on plays. And worked…
I forget where I first read about the Japanese concept of forest bathing. They call it shinrin-yoku. And it’s basically taking time to walk in the forest. Being surrounded by trees. And it doesn’t need to be an actual forest. But the trees are important. It’s about taking some time in nature. For us urban…
Many of us don’t experience real hunger very often. For most of us, food is aplenty. In the fridge. In a store. In a restaurant. We take it for granted. I’ve had a few people tell me that they never get hungry. They eat because they’re supposed to. But they don’t have their body telling…
You know that person? The one that talks your ear off. You see them and you mistakenly ask them how they are. And they tell you. Everything that’s going on in their life. In the smallest detail. And all you can do is think how do I get out of this conversation?? I think I’m…
I recently mentioned my monthly splurge. But if I’m honest, I have a weekly mini splurge, too. The weekend is approaching and I’m getting ready. I don’t go hog-wild on my mini splurge. It’s more of a relaxation of the rules. Where I don’t worry about the weight loss. And I am lax about when…
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