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…
We open our show The Game’s Afoot in less than a month. Our fearless director set a date for us to be off book. To know our lines, that is. And that date has come and gone. I can’t speak for everyone, but none of us know our lines yet! Okay, maybe I can speak…
I subscribe to Seth Godin’s blog. He’s been posting daily for decades. It’s amazing. I don’t read every post. But I read today’s post. About chocolate. And I went down a chocolate rabbit hole. I had no idea that a lot of the world’s chocolate is produced using slave labour. And child labour. Or if…
I weigh myself every morning when I get up. Then I weigh myself again after I go to the bathroom. And I usually weigh myself at the end of the day. If I’m fasting, I’ll even weigh myself before bed. But when I mark down my weight for the “day”, I use the lowest weight.…
Writing can be hard. Especially when you are starting on a project. Getting those first words written can be excruciating. For me, it isn’t for lack of ideas. There’s tons of things to write about. Before I start writing a blog post, I glance at my list of possible post topics. I’ve got about 190…
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