Tasting In the Dark
This week, I am fortunate to be in rehearsal with some incredible women, working on a new play: My Mother’s Story. The director we are working with is asking us to use senses and muscles I haven’t...
View ArticleOpening Night for Some Special Women
I didn’t blog last week, as I have been steeped in rehearsals for a very special play: My Mother’s Story. We are a cast of eight women, telling the stories of ordinary women’s lives – except that...
View ArticleRosemary for Remembrance
Today is Remembrance Day here in Canada. Our coats are sporting the poppies I remember from childhood, sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion – I don’t think the poppies have changed in all the years I...
View ArticleMovember
Well, it’s cold, again. That “crawling up your back, hunching up your shoulders, why didn’t I put on the big bulky sweater, I can’t feel the ends of my fingers” kind of cold. November has come to us...
View ArticleChocolate Advent Calendars
It is December 1st. The cats woke me up early, even though this is a Saturday, and I would have liked nothing better than to sleep in, since this is a two-show day ( I am currently performing in the...
View ArticleGolden Goodies for Hanukkah
When my kids were in elementary school, I used to look forward to Hanukkah, even though I am not Jewish. But we are fortunate to have dear friends from Isreal whose kids are the same age as ours, and...
View ArticleA Chocolate Hen Party
I have always been slightly afraid of chickens … until now. Last weekend my partner and I had a long overdue opportunity to visit my sweet friend, Georgia and her backyard chickens. I’ve been meaning...
View ArticleTea and Chocolate Tasting
Tea and Chocolate: These are a pair of my favorite things. There is nothing like a vibrant cup of well brewed tea in my favorite translucent-but-strong mug, my fingers laced around its warmth, feet...
View ArticleSome Bloody Good Chocolate
I made a chocolate coffin, this week. And then I stuffed it with dark chocolate bleeding hearts. It was a lot of fun especially with Hallowe’en coming. My old alma mater, Studio 58, did a production...
View ArticleA Chocolate Thank You
Although I have now been working with chocolate for three years (gosh, has it really been that long?) and have had the privilege to write this blog all that time, I am still very much an apprentice...
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