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 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...
read moreMaking connections again…
Renee Renee was one of my students at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Being honest, in her undergraduate years I really didn't know much about her. I remember her being one of the students sharing a hotel room at a convention we were attending. She was...
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Today I … thought of this picture because my meandering mind was all over the place! It was painted by a former student . It was a very interesting person with a very complex background. While he was in my class he was having a show of his paintings. I went to see...
read moreMotherhood: the Second Oldest Profession
In the past few days several friends have shared with me their frustrations over parenting issues. These discussions brought to my mind a book I read years ago - Motherhood The Second Oldest Profession by Erma Bombeck. This book came out when women were just being...
read moreTwo Interesting People Finally Connected!
Charles and Doug The back story… Doug Montgomery - whether you are a tourist visiting or a long time Santa fe resident, you probably have heard about.Doug Montgomery, pianist/entertainer extraordinaire. I’m a 20 year Santa fe transplant , and while I had been to...
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