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Costumes & Crime-Fighting
It was 11:30 last Saturday night. My dear friend Sarah Jane and I were heading out the door, on our way to the Pussyfooters’ 10th Anniversary Blush Ball. Sarah Jane was my ballet teacher when I first moved to New … Continue reading
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Short Story
Hola comrades: Two days ago I wrote an extremely short story. Forty-eight hours later, I still like it a lot. So without further ado, voila: ********************************************************************************** Rubber Bands There was a girl who collected rubber bands. She … Continue reading
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“Trust me, Tiger Woods was waaaaaayyyy more of a wuss than you.”
Hola comrades, My darling friend Mary Herczog wrote her way through twelve years of breast cancer. She was a great writer, and the chronicles of her story live on at http://www.cancerchick.com, and honestly, if you can only read one blog … Continue reading
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Good surprises
Bonjour tout le monde, Well….I don’t want to alarm anybody by blogging twice in one day, instead of my usual once every two weeks….but some things are too good to wait. Like this: I got an answer back from my … Continue reading
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Closure, with white gloves on
Bonjour tout le monde – A couple of weeks ago I got a friend request that actually gave me that jolt-in-the-stomach lurchy feeling when I saw the person’s name. I took a couple of weeks to contemplate how to respond … Continue reading
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Rah rah ah ah ah for Miss Amanda Palmer
I haven’t been feeling bloggy lately, but I’ve been reading the hell out of Amanda Palmer’s blogs. She’s become my musical polestar: an independent artist who really has a strong sense of what to do and how to do it; … Continue reading
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the one about coming back to performing after a long long layoff
I’m in pain most of the time. Physical pain, that is; my heart & soul are about as mercurial as your average oversensitive artist type, but by and large I’d say my spirits are good. I just hurt a lot. … Continue reading
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I can overthink anything. Including this blog. I’ve been fretting over how to convey in words how perfectly perfect and gloriously glorious my show on the 18th was…and the thing is, that can’t really be done. It was a glorious … Continue reading
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return to music
It’s been 18 months since I last played a show. That’s the longest I’ve gone without playing live since I started playing shows at age 13. I’ve missed it. In my time off I spent a month in a wheelchair, … Continue reading
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anniversary
June 9, 2010. 9 years ago today I got married. I’ve been unmarried for seven years now. I remember when I left I thought I was leaving happiness behind me. I couldn’t have been more wrong. I remember the first … Continue reading
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