It started with a kiss. Forty years ago today: July 30. Sometimes I think my life really started with that kiss. The kiss wasn’t planned. It just happened. It was the night before we opened our show: Nails. A bunch of us had gone out drinking to celebrate Deb’s birthday. And her friend dropped me…
Another year sped by. Last year, we celebrated my birthday in Fort St. John at Keaton and Kate’s place. This year, it’s just Deb and me. But we were at Caileigh and Chris’ place last weekend. And that was my real birthday present. Spending time with my immediate family. The world is a very different…
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…
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…
It was 38 years ago that I kissed Deb for the first time. On her birthday. I kiss her every day, usually. But the birthday kiss is always special. It’s the anniversary of the spark. The spark that grew into a steady flame of love. Most years I get to celebrate her birthday…
In another post, I wondered if I got into National Theatre School to meet Richard Pochinko. Let me amend that. Richard Pochinko’s ideas were the main thing I was supposed to LEARN at NTS. They’ve percolated in my brain for years. And I regret not looking him up in Toronto and training more with him…
The anticipation is over. The results are in. Theatre Burlington didn’t win everything that they were nominated for. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf had ten award nominations. They came away with four awards. Deb won Outstanding Direction by First Time Director. Kelly won Outstanding Performance in a Major Role. The show won Outstanding Ensemble Work.…
One of the things I love the most about my wife, Deb, is her maternal instincts. She has always had them. It was the epiphany that she would be a great mother some day, that made me see her in a new light almost forty years ago. One of her qualities that made me love…
Nominations for the Western Ontario Drama League (WODL) came out last week. And the play that Deb directed, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? got a bunch of award nominations. It wasn’t Deb’s idea to do the play. Mark and Kelly, who played George and Martha, proposed the play to Michelle at Theatre Burlington. They knew…
Wow. Hard to believe that we got married thirty-five years ago. Pledging to spend our lives together in front of family and friends. How fast the time flies. I still remember the first time I saw you. It was at Swenson’s for a meet and greet of the cast and crew for Nails. I knew…
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