After I bought my wiglet in Fulton Mall, for my appearance, Monday, at the Downtown Clown Revue, I had a wave of fear that I might offend someone even though I am not ambitious about my performance and I’m not going to say anything. I’m just presenting a character sketch.

I was at Bed, Bath and Beyond shopping for hangers for a closet purging and organizational project when I saw the kind of broom and dustpan I need for my  Downtown Clown appearance.

At the health food store instead of purchasing my usual Brain Child or Hip Mama magazines I bought Shambhala Sun.
What’s up with that?
Well… there was this article that looked interesting; about mindful housework…  ”Karen Maezen Miler on how the domestic practice of ancient Zen masters can lead us to intimate encounters with our own lives.”
Well [...]

I was in Times Square this afternoon and since I had some time before I had to make my way back to Brooklyn to pick up My Kid after school, I decided to go to the drugstore to buy the eyeshadow and press on fingernails that I will wear Monday night in the New York [...]

The famous circular rotunda of the Guggenheim art museum was completely empty.  That’s not something I would normally pay to see, but I went to the Tino Sehgal exhibit with my mom hat on because one of the neighbor kids is in it.  After I got there and walked through the experience I realized how [...]

My favorite Oscar moment was watching Kathryn Bigelow on stage when The Hurt Locker won Best Picture.  She held her two Oscar statuettes in her hands like a pair free weights and kept wandering away from the microphone and out of camera range to the point that screenwriter Mark Boal grabbed her arm and held [...]

This month as my mind wanders while I do laundry, and dishes and go to the gym and shuttle My Kid to Girl Scouts, soccer, and ballet and write my little mom blogs, I will imagine what it would be like to be clowning in Barcelona:
The 2nd one month “Clown Master Class and Comic Formulas” [...]

We were talking about  Broadway shows we’d like to see.  I think My Kid should see The Miracle Worker or Billy Elliot. In the family evening vs couples date equation where we may as well bring My Kid since a babysitter costs more than a ticket, I could stand to see the old classics; South [...]

It’s 10 am and I’ve gotten my kid off to school, I’ve shined my sink the way FLYLADY says to and I’ve handwritten my Morning Pages the way Julia Cameron suggests, I’ve researched, composed and sent e-mails regarding potential solo performance options and now I’m sorting laundry.  Why am I so productive during my alone [...]

After my Pilates mat class I had extra time at the Y thanks to the other mom who took the girls to their ballet at Mark Morris.  I took extra long in the steam room and thought about some clown stuff.  I was going to swim laps but forgot my goggles so I walked down [...]