Nails and Slivers

I am grateful for this creative life I live. I am grateful for the mucho support I receive to live it. I am grateful for the beautiful essence of this painful life. I shall die another day; and dream another night… Thank you, Jesus. I shall continue to revel in the noise and know the…

Sister (perfect advice)

I am very happy to be experiencing my first attempt at directing and producing a play I wrote. And things are quite challenging; not just for me. I was not feeling very hopeful after an impromptu production meeting this afternoon. My sister had just the perfect advice, in a very nicely concise moment. I am…

poco a poco

My mom used to tell me Everything is a plan guided by love and a lovin’ hand and I never believed her fought everything she said but now that i’m closer her words ring in my head there’s some sadness some things broken some never to mend but i believe life is worth livin’ change…

The Actions of Now

…are creating the future. And I am grateful that I can preschedule this post. ‘Cause I don’t think I’ll want to do it tomorrow. isn’t that the rub? so much promised and so little energy to do anything about it all. so much to do (about nothing). a passerby said to me, nonchalantly, you seem…

Look On in Anger

I am grateful for the opportunity to direct a piece I wrote a few decades ago. I’m really grateful for all the strong, powerfully positive energy people are bringing to the project. Sweet dreams.

Another Day: Done

I am grateful for the bed I shall fall into when this post posts. I am grateful for so many more things… But right now? I am so tired.

A Toast to the Future

I am very grateful for the opportunity to work with people on an original script I wrote in the 90’s. I hope I am not hallucinating; it seems we all are enthusiastically pursuing the same goal… put on a fuckin’ show!! …with grit, and feeling, and purpose, and Save the Dates: April 7th and April…

Whew!

Tonight I am grateful for a conversation I had with a gentleman that also would like to see lasting changes occur for students of color — that they can see before this year is over. It is such an uphill climb; it is crazy how difficult it is to change the status quo… with people…

sober off this

I am grateful for GHD. Tonight I heard Mo’Nique talk about the power of partnership; to have someone with you that let’s you know you’re not crazy. “Hey, baby, you got this! Let’s go!” I realized I do not have that. The one I walk with, trusting in that I’m not crazy—is G-D. And the…

Idle Hands

I am grateful that I have no time for idle hands… if you see me wasting time; slap me I agreed to come onboard as production manager for a short shooting in March. we had our first official class for Drama 143 that accumulates in live performances of Look On in Anger; I play I…

When You Decide to Give Us No Money

I am grateful for the work co-producer/co-host, Marc Wendt, and I have done with our podcast, Moped Outlaws. I just was checking out our third episode; we’ve come a long way, baby! The title of this post is derived from something I say early in the third episode. Marc and I are about five minutes…

An Extraordinary Machine

Today I am grateful for my body; it acted appropriately today. I had inhaled a giant of a pill, one half a dose of a supplement I take daily. And believe me — these pills are ginormous! I struggle to swallow them on a good day. And today…? Today, the one went down the wrong…