Oy-yoy-yoy-yoy-yoy, Okay, I sent press releases out to all the usual media outlets today. Our first listing is up here. Online submission forms will happen over the next several days for additional calendar events. Then massive invitations in the next week or so. It’s still really happening. And now some of the panic is coming...
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Ireland Update
The books arrived today. Also got an update from my cousin Amie who went on a hiking trip with her family. She suggested using this site (and suggested talking to Jean): http://www.govisitireland.com Amie summarized her trip: We did the Dingle Way self-guided hike. We did 11-15 mile walks each day, with stays in different...
Continue readingThe Music Dilemma: how much to press
So my kid is ramping up for his first orchestra concert of the season this week. He loves performing and the feeling of getting applause at the end of a show in a crowded hall (diva!) and so I think he’s looking forward to that. However, he hates to practice so much that he’s...
Continue readingFirst Time Naked, Onstage*
In other news… I wrote this story (pictured) when I was 25 or 26 after going to a fancy spa in Amsterdam and trying really, really hard to fit in with a bunch of confident, well-toned, well-coiffed Europeans all around me. Thanks to the fine folks over at austinstorytelling.com, I’ve finally got a chance...
Continue readingBreathtaking, Heartbreaking Art for Display During November Benefit
I just got back from meeting with Dr. Laurence Becker in Hyde Park who has been working with artists from around the world who have severe forms of autism. His house is full of art pieces that are often extraordinary and compelling, and he’s a fountain of knowledge and information (and he’s a fascinating...
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Okay, so here’s where we’re at. It’s not the hippest thing in the world, but I like it. And the kids like it. And that counts for a lot these days. It does read a little like a kid event, but that’s okay. Probably most people will show up via word of mouth anyway....
Continue readingMild Panic
I woke up in the middle of the night worried about whether I should really be putting on this show we’ve got planned for November. I want to do it because it’s a good cause and because I think it’ll be fun if it goes okay, and because the opportunity is there. On the...
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As a public service to myself and anyone who has to put up with me, I will try to have a positive attitude about this thing I’m putting in my mouth. Yeah, braces. For the next 9-12 months. Why? I don’t care about my crooked teeth but I was sold on the health reasons...
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Jaysis, don’t be an eejit. Get out there and ride, Sally, ride. ‘Ere’s a buke you might read in advance of the thing. Or ‘ow ‘bout this then for maps and stuff. Set it up. Do it. ...
Growing Roots and Other Worthy Orgs
This is mostly a note to self, I guess (what else is new?), but as I’ve begun to make the November benefit more public, I’ve had a couple of people approach me about other groups around town that are working with families with autism, and it’s making me wish I’d been more aware of...
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