We open The Game’s Afoot a week from tomorrow. And I need to do the thing I dislike the most. Promoting the play. I find it harder to do that than remembering my lines. It’s such a strange thing. I don’t mind telling people that I’m in a show. But it feels weird trying to…
Can I let you in on a secret? Acting is fun. I love it. It’s all make believe. Sometimes you play a serious character in a serious play. Sometimes you play a silly character in a silly play. Or maybe it’s a silly character in a serious play. Or the other way around. But it’s…
Yikes. October has not been a good month for posting. I’m not sure why. I’ve got things to write about. I seem to focus on one thing only to let something else drop. I am not a good juggler. That’s for sure. My priority for October, especially the second half, has been to get my…
When I check out someone’s blog, I’ll often go to their About Me page. I’m always curious to know a bit more about the author. Looking the stats for my site, I saw that my About me page gets viewed more than most other pages. It makes sense. You read a post and wonder “Who…
Ah, the things we do for the shows we’re in. When we agree to be in a play, we know there will be sacrifices. I mean, we know that we’re going to give up weeks of time at rehearsals. And many hours at home, dedicated to learning lines. But sometimes we do even more. For…
Last week was our first time being off book for The Game’s Afoot. Fran, our director was lenient with us. Because we were actually supposed to be off book the previous rehearsal. No one likes these first rehearsals “off book”. Without our scripts. The transition from script to memory is always painful. The lines you…
Last week was Thanksgiving. For us Canadians. Caileigh and Chris came down from Ottawa. Tara was here with Dan. And Deb’s brother, Donald, and her father, Mark, joined us from Montreal. We were missing Keaton and Kate. They were home in B.C. But it was great to visit with the folks that we had here.…
There are lots of dates that are important to me. Of course, there’s the obvious ones. October 1, my wedding anniversary. July 30, Deb’s birthday. April 6, Caileigh’s birthday. November 23, Keaton’s birthday. February 1, Tara’s birthday. And the birthdays and anniversaries of other family and friends. But there’s also October 17. It’s a weird…
I reached a milestone on Duolingo, today. 500 consecutive days of learning. Or is it playing? That’s one of the things that makes Duolingo so effective for me. The gamification of the learning. French was always difficult for me when I was a kid. I grew up in Quebec and had French in school for…
I’m not as nice as some people think. I’m also not always a jerk, like some other people think. I’m both. Grumpy and Nice. Mean and kind. Rarely at the same time. But frequently close together. This weekend, someone parked in front of my driveway. They were waiting for someone. I could have ignored it…
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