QUIET Usually, when I start the timer for the five-minute exercises, I turn music on. It’s most often classical (that’s my favorite music to write to). This time, the prompt seemed to call for a different decision. I turned the music off and decided just to write in silence (does it count as silence when […]
Ration Challenge 2021: Help for refugees and a personal reset
If you want to see a bunch of adults fall in love with the five-second rule, put them on the same rations as a Syrian refugee in a Jordanian camp. via GIPHY I participated in the Church World Service Ration Challenge again this year. (I participated previously in 2019. I have intentionally not reread my […]
What if I just watched a play instead of reviewing it?
This is the emoji I used when BroadwayWorld posted a tweet seeking community theater writers in 2017: Since then, I have written 27 reviews for BroadwayWorld. I have also contributed seven reviews to the Tallahassee Democrat. I have also written about local theater once for SmartBrief. I’m considering taking a hiatus from BroadwayWorld after I […]
Larvae on toothpicks and charts that make sense
June 2021 is here, and the world feels a tiny bit as though things are opening back up. As we all adjust to interacting again, here’s a look back at my favorite SmartBrief stories from last month. BoardSource There’s a passage in this piece about nonprofits that met about improving Black maternal health without involving […]
When the going gets though, the though get going (2021 version)
A Kat Bouska prompt this week is: Update and republish a blog post you wrote during the month of May in a previous year. We are out of town for a small getaway (and for me to take in a couple of plays at the Orlando Fringe Festival), so I brought this blog post from […]
The Weight of a Dress
Last September, my daughter, two of her bridesmaids-to-be and I traveled to White Magnolia Bridal to shop for her wedding dress. I don’t recall how many dresses she tried on that day (maybe 10?). She tried on a beautiful ballgown first, but isn’t sold in a bright white, and the available color just didn’t complement […]