The new season has started for Vocal Point Choir. And we’re learning the songs for our concerts in December 2024. As often happens at the start of a new session, new people join. And others leave. It’s strange when the choir shuffles a little from season to season. We’ve got two new people singing Bass.…
The C word. Cancer. It still causes anxiety and worry. We have family and friends dealing with it. Last weekend we found out that another friend has got it. With all our advances in technology, why is this one thing we haven’t beaten yet? Why haven’t we developed the cure? Is there a cure? What…
After four months of going down, my average weight went back up in September. My average weight was 202.3lbs. Up half a pound from last month. Not a huge slip. But a slight step in the wrong direction. Two steps forward, one step backward. Lowest weight of the month was 198lbs. Heaviest weight was 207.6lbs.…
Today is our 36th Wedding Anniversary. It’s a lifetime. A lifetime of memories. Kids. Laughs. Trips. Expenses. Families. Friends. Pets. Losses. It’s more time than many people get. And I’m grateful. We’re grateful. We constantly tell each other how lucky we are. It’s not all rainbows and sunny days. I drive Deb crazy sometimes. She drives…
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…
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