Monday Morning Musings
A frat without alcohol? That was a question posed and answered by Caitlin Flanagan in a column in The Dallas Morning News on Sunday. Flanagan is a journalist who spent a year investigating fraternities for a story she did for Atlantic “The Dark Power of Fraternities.“ For some students the “Greek Life” is a major […]
Book Review – The Holy Mark by Gregory Alexander
The Holy Mark Gregory Alexander File Size: 457 KBPrint Length: 247 pagesPublisher: Publish Green (January 19, 2014)Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B00HYN2N9C The path from the beginning of the story when Joe Miggliore, later to become Father Tony, is born and his immigrant Italian grandmother sees a odd mark on his head and […]
Friday’s Odds and Ends
I’m so excited. I received my first ever written review for a performance for my role as Big Mama in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” The entire review is by Terry Mathews, the Arts Editor of the Sulphur Springs News-Telegram, has some wonderful things to say about the entire cast, especially the actress who […]
What Theatre Can Teach About Writing
Please help me welcome J. David Core as my Wednesday’s guest. We both share a love of theatre, so I was pleased to have him tell us some of the ways he has learned more about writing by being active on stage. I am still sick, but I have sprayed the blog with sanitizer, so […]
Monday Morning Musings
I won’t be doing much celebrating today as I am really sick. A cold that I managed to keep at bay so I could finish the last weekend of our play has burst through the levee, so I am down for the count. Here is a picture from one of our last performances. I think […]
Book Review – Common Sense by J. David Core
Common Sense: A Lupa Schwartz MysteryJ. David CoreSeries: The Lupa Schwartz MysteriesPaperback: 186 pagesPublisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (February 26, 2014)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1494392194ISBN-13: 978-1494392192 The mystery revolves around a dead body that was found in a lake, and the victim is an investigative reporter. His ex-wife, Cattleya Hoskin does not believe that her […]
Friday’s Odds and Ends
This one will be really short today. I have lots of company and a really busy day ahead. This is the last weekend of the play I am in, and we will be playing to sold-out houses this weekend. So excited, especially since some of my kids have come to see the show. One of […]
Novelist in the Making – Kathryn Craft
Please help me welcome Kathryn Craft as today’s Wednesday’s guest. She has a different kind of post for us today, a charming story from her childhood she calls, “Novelist in the Making”. So grab your beverage of choice, and a donut, and enjoy the story. When you are finished here, you might want to hop […]
Monday Morning Musings
Anyone who has ever been involved in theatre, either professionally or in community theatre, knows how that run down to opening weekend can consume every thought and every moment of your day. That is what it was like for me last week as we prepared for the production of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” […]
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