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Conventional Wisdom: And Here We Go Again

| May 21, 2014

I grew up in Southern Fandom. I attended a lot of conventions all over the Southeast. There were a couple of conventions that I made a point of going to if I wasn’t hip deep in work and couldn’t get away. One of the downsides of professional theater is that you rarely get any weekend […]

Crafty Tuesday: Mistakes were Made

| May 20, 2014

I think some of the biggest lessons I have learned over the years have come from mistakes. Sometimes the mistake was the better solution to the problem, other times it got me off one track of thinking and back to the drawing board to figure out another way to do what I need to do. […]

RTBCKI The Ariel got her Master’s Degree Edition

| May 18, 2014

I think, with the exception of being out of the country, I haven’t gone a week without blogging ever. So this is a first for me but I hope a last as well. Yes, there are ‘things’ going on that I can’t talk about but then it is a day ending in ‘y’. However I […]

RTBTCKI Separation Anxiety

| May 9, 2014

Today or rather this evening Caroline is going with her sister Gwen to visit her sister Shana down in Jacksonville Florida. Caroline has made this trip on her own several times. She’ll be back Monday. Yes, I know Sunday is Mother’s Day but I am a Mom the entire year and I want my daughter […]

Crafty Tuesday: I also build sets

| May 6, 2014

My theatrical career was a varied one. I was mainly a stage manager but did just about everything else behind the scenes as well. My father first taught me tool basics. I think one of the most useful classes I took in high school was shop where I got to play with really big power […]