I just came back from the cast party for the children’s show I was in (Babe the Sheep-Pig). And I’m going through that bittersweet feeling of being happy that the show is over because I get some of my free time back, but also being sad that it’s over because I don’t get to spend…
Recently, my youngest daughter was at a singing competition where she was adjudicated with five other girls. As I listened to them perform, I ranked them according to what I thought were strengths and weaknesses. When they were all done, I thought my daughter could have come in first, second or third; depending on what…
I realized that I mentioned working on a bucket list and even mentioned some items on it, but I didn’t provide my list. Of course, I was still working on it when I wrote the first post, but I now have 100 things, so I figured that I would post it below. I did include…
For the last few weeks, I’ve been scrambling to finish a draft of my current play to submit to the RBC Tarragon playwriting contest. First prize is $3000 and a year’s worth of dramaturgical feedback from Tarragon’s Literary Manager. It’s the second part of the prize that really excites me. Even if I don’t win,…
When I turned forty, I realized that I needed to get started on some of those things that I was going to do “one of these days”. Middle age was officially about to start and I hadn’t really made much of a concerted effort to get things done. The thing I picked? Run a marathon.…
I’ve been meaning to review the book Great by Choice by Jim Collins and Morten T. Hansen for some time. I read it last year. Okay, I listened to it. But it was the unabridged version and it was excellently read by Jim Collins. I loved, loved, loved this book. I loved it so much…
Although I had intended to write a blog a week for 2012, life has thrown a few curves my way and I just found that I haven’t been motivated to do it. The first four months of 2012 have been pretty tough – but that will be a later blog post. It’s funny because I…
My previous blog entry was all about how great 2011 was. A couple of hours after posting that blog, I found out my father had suffered a massive heart attack and got ready to go Montreal and visit him in the hospital. Three days later, we were planning his funeral. Here’s his obituary notice: GRUNER,…
2011 was a pretty good year for me. I wrote more in 2011 and developed as a writer. And I lost weight. I would have to say that I mostly met my resolutions for the year 2011. I couldn’t believe how quickly the year passed by. I spent a good portion of the year procrastinating…
I’ve been intending to start writing my next play for a few weeks, now. But the siren call of the TV or dirty dishes keeps luring me away. I have a deadline to produce a first draft in about a month, so I really have to get moving on it! I also have to submit…
