Archive for February, 2009

volunteering

Published Date: February 27th, 2009
Category: life

I worked three different formal volunteer situations today.
In the morning I was a chaperone for the third grade field trip.  In the afternoon I helped set up for the Scholastic Book Fair at my kid’s school.  In the evening I worked the silent auction part of a fundraising dinner for a childhood disease organization.
I’m tired [...]

Ash Wednesday

Published Date: February 26th, 2009
Category: life

People can’t usually tell my religion by looking at me.  I don’t wear a hijab, the Muslim head scarf or a wig like certain Jewish women.  But, I identify with these women and feel  self-conscious discomfort on the one day a year I wear a big sign on my forehead that says “I’m Catholic.”
I was [...]

Cirque du Soleil Reverie

Published Date: February 17th, 2009
Category: life

I spent so much time with clowns and art this week that when the younger single people sitting at the table in the diner after the late night Clown Lab after Downtown Clown Revue  started talking about putting their tapes together to apply for the upcoming Cirque du Soleil auditions I thought I was one [...]

going home after a performance

Published Date: February 13th, 2009
Category: life

 
In the tunnel underneath 14th street I pass a man offering his wares; 
                                                                       A New York Times
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Upcoming performance, Clownical Trials February 12-13

Published Date: February 7th, 2009
Category: life