In Clare’s Home
You may notice “Clare” is spelled differently here from my website “Claire”. That’s because originally I felt uncomfortable using the real name as my own. The real name meaning St.Clare of Assisi. Over the years I have had an obsession with this Saint. It started a...
read moreToday I discovered “Rumi Bracelets” and rediscovered Fox Jewelry!
On this day I was pretty much wandering aimlessly around our DeVargas Mall having discovered that the hair cut appointment I thought I had, once again was wrong! I was leaving for Dallas in a few days and decided I wanted to pick up something for my daughter there...
read moreMore connections – more future stars: where are they now?
Here is an update to the earlier post from 2/9/2018: These wonderfully bright and talented girls are still at New Mexico School for the Arts creating exciting performances. Avonlea, Bella, and Gillian, my actresses, will be graduating this year. Jayden remains at...
read moreMy Friend Talia
Way too much to update on this phenomenal gal! But, the most recent news is the opening of her play (She wrote, directed and starred in!) This is the Santa Fe premiere; it originally was produced in Canada. Perhaps the most exciting thing in her life currently is...
read moreAnd she continues to rise!
Loralai’s latest accomplishment was playing Dolly in “Hello Dolly”. This role was a challenge , but like all others she rose to the occasion. I really don’t know how she does it. On one day she auditioned for a new show with a new company in the morning. Next...
read moreShe Continues to Rise
From chorus to lead… Just got word she will be “Dolly” in Hello Dolly a few months from now. What next? Hope it will be in WICKED!!!!!!!! Just two years ago Loralai was a chorus member in the Plano Youth Theatre’s production of Les awMiserables. Now here she is...
read moreFollowing Loralai
I've been following this young lady for some time. Check back entry 2/26/2016 where she is in her middle school talent show followed by her rendition of song "Til the Pain Is Gone". Her Father is in the music business and one of his clients wrote this...
read moreA Wonderful New Update on Meghan
If you need to refresh your memory, please refer to the blog "Why Meghan Writes" from October 29, 2015. You might also want to check out the guest blog Meghan did here from December 14, 2015. Meghan Today: Meghan is writing again and has given me permission to share...
read moreMy Friend Talia in Depth!
I've talked about Talia before and you can go back to the February 9, 2018 entry to read that portion. It dealt with the fact that she had talked me into being a part of her project. The video post that I'm doing now is actually in several parts. The first will...
read moreMore connections – more future stars!
My friend Talia Pura talked me into submitting to her special event (featuring women Playwrights in Santa Fe )a short play she knew I had written. Because the cast of this play featured two young women (late teens early twenties) I connected with the New Mexico School...
read morePat connects with snow – past, present and future
Snow - Memories - Tears - One With the Universe Snow came earlier in Santa Fe this year, some nine inches. As I brushed it from my car I noticed how soft and crystal like it was. So pure, so beautiful. Different from the snow in the Midwest where I had grown up. Other...
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