Just been working on the news roundup for the NAAFA Newsletter (if you don’t subscribe, you should – and it’s free); and it just seems like the same old, same old. There were a couple of recent articles on the damage caused by fat phobia / fat stigma. Scientists are (finally) starting to look at…

I grew up in Michigan; but have now lived longer in California – first Southern Cali and now Northern. Northern California has a bit more sense of the seasons than SoCal, but not much. At first, I was in love with SoCal – always nice weather and if you want, you can go visit the…

Okay.  If you have been reading this blog, you know the adventures I have been having in the land of A New Brain. Most recently, I missed the last three steps of the stairs going down to the dressing rooms (and yes, I was holding the handrail – but given my size and gravity and…

Thanks to a case of the flu (being cut short thanks to a flu shot and a prescription for Tamiflu), I had some nasty vocal problems over the weekend. We all have (or should have) our favorite “go to” remedies for vocal problems. Number one, of course, is vocal rest. Just shut the fuck up.…

I love the show I am currently in – A New Brain. I have waited years and years for someone to be brave enough to put it on. Finally, it’s here, and I got cast! Not only did I get cast, I got, imho, the best female role in the show. Now, I think this…

It’s that time of year again. Seems like everyone is thinking of starting a diet – oh, wait, not a diet – a lifestyle change. I have news for you, folks. If it involves calorie reduction, calorie restrictions, counting calories or points or whatever – IT’S A FUCKING DIET! It is not a lifestyle change.…

I am (mostly) an introvert. I am usually happiest when left to my own devices. Which is why my favorite vacation was one that I spent totally alone. It must have been in the fall of 1972 or 1973. I had vacation time coming from my job, but no money (or desire) to go anywhere.…

Usually, I can tell if I have a cold or allergies. But right now, I feel sort of betwixt and between. For one thing, I’m approaching the opening of the show I’ve been working so hard on.  I am surrounded by folks who are battling colds or flu or some kind of creeping crud. I…

You know that dream people have about being in a classroom or business meeting and realizing they are naked? Actors have that dream – only they are onstage. When you are doing a show, your thoughts are tied up with so many things – lines, lyrics, music, blocking, sets … And of course your costume(s)…

It has now been about a year since I’ve had fingernails. I mean, I’ve always had fingernails.  Just not fingernails that were more than gnawed off stubs. But due to a change in medication, I suddenly lost my lifelong need to chew off my fingernails. So now I have fingernail, fingernails. They are a wonder…