Journal: 2/8/13, or the Dance of the BusyBusy

This beautiful image is from the Pittsburgh PACT event held in solidarity with its sister event in DC and March on Washington for Gun Control. I am so grateful to Caridad Svich and Kyle Bostian for making these evens happen, and for including “A Poem for Sandy Hook.” I am working on a more practicalContinue reading “Journal: 2/8/13, or the Dance of the BusyBusy”

Journal 1/6/13: Fracking, Foolishness and Ingersoll

The brief update from the reading of my pilot Upgrade: it went far better than I could’ve expected. Now the real work begins. More soon! *** If you’re interested in participating in some really smart environmental advocacy, check out Thirty Days Of Fracking Regs.  If you’re like me, you love the jobs created by fracking,Continue reading “Journal 1/6/13: Fracking, Foolishness and Ingersoll”

Journal 1/5/13: A Body Is, and other misunderstandings

Today I wrote A Body Is, my contribution to PUSSYFEST REDUX, the happy return of CAPS LOCK THEATRE’s night of monologues performed by women about the body. This time round, Indie Theatre dynamo Mariah MacCarthy had the fun idea that the playwrights would meet the actors and then fashion the monologue based on that conversation.Continue reading “Journal 1/5/13: A Body Is, and other misunderstandings”