We had a clown jam today.  It was great to see the other women and share the hugs and greetings at the beginning of the session.  There were only 6 of us altogether but that’s a good number to have some solo, duo and trio improvisations.  The studio was nicer, a new floor was put [...]

My sister called me because of the shake up at Random House, she thought The Husband worked there, but he is at one of the other major New York publishing houses. My sister’s boss’s editor at Random house lost her job… It’s a shakey world for everyone.

She was going into a 4-hour board meeting. OMG!

I missed most of the fundraiser.  But, I did show up and I talked to some other parents, and the principal, and I had a glass of wine, and I have a lead on overnight camp for the future… But, I didn’t get to experience much of the party.  I missed the lite dinner food, [...]

Friends will go see Banana Spheel tonight, the first night of previews. I looked up the cast on line. Patrick de Valette is in it! I met him at the New York Clown Theatre Festival. He’s a French street and cabaret performer and genuinely funny.  I have renewed hope for that show.

So while I was putting together some costume pieces for tomorrow I was singing the song “Anatevka” to myself.  It’s from A Fiddler on the Roof .  I don’t know what that was about.  I have been in two different productions of “Fiddler”…  Nope, still don’t know what it could mean. We’ve got studio time [...]

I got a text message from the babysitter of my daughter’s friend, she was running 15 or 20 minutes late and could I pick up the twins after school. OK, I responded. It was not big deal.  If the sun is out and there are no lessons or sports practices to rush off to,  the [...]

I do windows. Lace curtains in the bathtub. Black water. Three tub fulls of water. black water pale brown water clear water rinse stirred with plastic sand shovel vinegar and paper to clean the windows

So The Husband has been reading on his Kindle; Game Change and The Bridge among others. And tonight over arugula pizza at Graziella’s (as seen on “Best Thing I Ever Ate” on the Food Network) we were talking about Hilary Clinton not being vulnerable and that may be why she lost and how she didn’t [...]

I was sorting a pile of My Kids toys and school books deciding what to keep and what to throw away when I realized I was going through the same process that takes place in the studio when developing prop based clown material.