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Still digesting everything that went through my head last week, and hope to write more about it. But a couple of things I want to get down before I forget: 1) This KUT (NPR affiliate) story played on the radio while I was in my car Thursday morning.  A huge thrill! http://kutnews.org/post/listen-your-mother-austin-heartwarming-stories-central-texas-mothers 2) I...

So Thursday was a great night.  Great crowd, great people.  And it all went off without a hitch.  What a week!...

Well, tomorrow’s it.  The night we’ve been working toward for weeks. The LTYM show is happening at 7pm and it’s fully sold out (300+ attendees). I’m excited about it, but also know that I won’t be able to stop myself from sweating and trembling a bit as I’m sitting there waiting to tell my story. That’s...

Went to a ScriptWorks-sponsored workshop with the estimable Kirk Lynn last night. It’s the first workshop like this I’ve been too in a long time (too long, I guess). There were a dozen or so of us there and it was a fun, thought-provoking evening of exercises and discussion. Still mulling everything we went over.  Kirk gave...

So the boys had a great day today, at least in terms of statistics and performance. 7-year-old, who has never hit more than a double at a baseball game before, hit THREE home runs today in four at-bats.  And he almost had a fourth too, with the bases loaded, but the shortstop was somehow...

Dragging Offering 9-year-old the opportunity to join me tonight at a ScriptWorks salon downtown. Seeing a play by Kevin Kautzman, whose name I see a lot (and who’s a Michener fellow at UT), called Vasilisa Most Lovely. I’m betting it’ll be quality; just a matter of keeping the kid awake. He ran (and walked)...