On top!
Oh man, what a game that was. So stressful. So amazed and impressed that the team pulled through and beat the previously undefeated kids. Way to go!...
Nervous!
About to head off to 7-year-old’s championship baseball game. Funny how unimportant and non-competitive all these games seem UNTIL it gets to the finals. Now I’m so anxious! They’re playing a team that beat them at both their meetings during the season, so I’m trying to keep my expectations in check. But wouldn’t it...
Continue readingMy LTYM essay posted…
… somewhere else. Fellow LTYM alum Kristin VanderHey Shaw does me a great favor and honor by hosting my motherhood-related essay on her blog here. She’s a better editor than me, and knows how to set up a site, so I’m happy and grateful to her for making it look perty. Thanks for everything, Kristin!...
Buried in rice
Hmm, I’m beginning to enjoy the fact that my phone is buried in rice. Maybe I’ll leave it there. As long as I can. Ahh…...
The great phone-less experiment
So I got caught in a drenching storm in Austin yesterday afternoon. Was actually playing disc golf with a few work friends at a course out by the airport. Midway through, the rain came, a little at first, then more and more, until we were out in the open fields, maybe a mile from...
Continue readingChampionship-game bound!
Man, that was one stressful game. Down four in the bottom of the last inning. Way to pull through, fellas!...
SLIGHT RISK for severe storms
So my kid has his first baseball playoff game tonight, a day after the devastating tornado in Oklahoma. And the local weather site says this: It is important for you to know there is a threat of strong to severe thunderstorms for Central Texas this afternoon and evening. The entire area is under a SLIGHT RISK...
Continue readingThe LTYM club
I first heard about the Listen to Your Mother (LTYM) project back in late February of this year when I spotted a call for submissions on a theater website I usually read for reviews and notes on upcoming productions. Always on the lookout for local events to participate in, I read over the requirements and production details and...
Continue readingFirst meeting for Out of Ink
Two days after LTYM I had my first meeting with the director for a short play of mine that’ll be produced next month as part of ScriptWorks’ Out of Ink Show. I’m working with Ellie McBride again, and she’s great for me. She’s insightful, blunt and friendly. I always learn something about my writing–and...
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