Sunday is Pentecost, which means the Easter Season is coming to a close. From Advent to Christmas to Lent to Easter to Pentecost. Time takes on a different feel when these seasons are in the front of your mind. The Easter season has been diverse and rich. I’ve felt reborn and completely lost within the [...]
Entries from May 2007
May 25, 2007
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Last night Roosevelt High School opened its annual musical, this year’s offering being Thoroughly Modern Millie. A stellar cast provided a great two-and-a-half-hour show, with Sarah Schenkkan as Millie Dillmount and Daniel Berryman as Jimmy Smith. As you can imagine, I’m pretty proud of Daniel’s work in the play. His acting has come a long [...]
May 20, 2007
Back Home: An Update
I’ve been back for a week now, and life is settling back in to a more normal routine. Writing projects are coming at me fast and furious, and as usual, I am enmeshed in Christmas tales. “‘Tis the season” from a writing point of view. I am reworking “The Creche Collector” for Taproot Theatre (although [...]
May 10, 2007
Hello from Chicago
I’m sitting at Caribou Coffee at the corner of Roselle and Golf about a half hour west of Chicago. I’ve been here 10 days (in Chicago, not at Caribou Coffee) working on a video shoot for a Creek Association project called “Re-Group”, a teaching video concerning group dynamics aimed at small groups around the country. [...]
