Darn!  10:00pm and I still don’t have my NYCMOMS blog post up.  I feel I need The Husband to oversee to make sure I do it right.  But, At Target, My Kid saw the game of LIFE and really wanted it…and since she was such a good girl at the doctor’s office and got her [...]

involving earthquake, fires, refugee camp and me as a clown.

On Friday I took my bags of costumes with me to drop-off at My Kid’s school because from there I went straight to rehearsal.  After rehearsal and went right back to My Kid’s school.  Dismissal was over and the woman with whom I’d made previous arrangements to pick up my kid after school along with [...]

I dreamed I was at a clown conference at Seattle Center.  There were high profile stage and circus clowns teaching workshops including the man who had been director of clown college when I was there. There were inspirational clowns who worked with sick orphans in Africa.  I was excited to be talking to former CC [...]

I feel so much more comfortable now that the rehearsals have taken the on the shape of theatrical rehearsals.  The goals and hierarchy and priorities are clear.

And… if you have some plastic flowers, strings of fake pearls or rhinestones, overly sweet stuffed animal — or a large ugly Toad — perhaps you could bring it for a Positive/Negative prop.  Or fake legs for the gore fabric… Hey child of mine do you have any stuffed animals we could use for the… [...]

After rehearsal today I talked to some friends on the way to pick up my kid. I was remembering a particular workshop when we were improvising from songs and the song I was assigned was; “At Seventeen” and I had felt like such a failure because I didn’t have any impulses for movement or vocalization. [...]

This has been a long month.  The Husband has had major project deadlines at work.  My Kid has begun 4th grade which has been emotional for me because when I began 4th grade it was in a new school, in a new town, in a new state. The clown show rehearsals have been frequent and [...]

I had to take My Kid to rehearsal, but only for a few minutes.   The Husband was able to leave his office early and he got to Great Jones street to pick up My Kid before we got started.  Another clown mommy had her kid there for just as long.  He’s almost 2.  The [...]