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AGT Part 1: America’s Got Talent – First Hand
There’s no way I can fit this into a single blog, so I’ll try to write as many as I can in the next few days. First of all … Yes, it’s true I was on “America’s Got Talent.” Yes it’s true I was buzzed after about 10...
Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Hills!
I lived in the Mother Lode when I was 7, near Angel’s Camp, one of hot spots of the 1849 California gold rush. And it keeps reminding me of the music business today. As a kid, in Calaveras County, I was fascinated by the architecture and how it seemed to embody...
Bassoon & Plastic Streamer
I’m usually happy that my current phone is a Dumb-Phone, and that all it can do it send and receive phone calls – and I have a FlipCam that I use to capture video. But on the road last week from Seattle to Eugene, I discovered my FlipCam was on the fritz...Tina Turner, Mon Amour
Now that I’m sitting firmly in my 58th year, I sense a kind of undercurrent that it’s a fact I should to hide. And when people say things like, “Oh, but you don’t look 57” they miss the point that, by saying that, they’re implying...
The Wrong Clothes
Until I left home at 16, my mother controlled my wardrobe. I got around it by learning to hand-sew in my teens, and at some point I discovered thrift shops. But until then, I was stuck in her skin. Some of it was practical. The new pair of saddle shoes I got...
Rock-Hound in the Mud-Room
My dog and I lived in a small cabin on Tomales bay when I was 18. By “on” I mean the house was on stilts and the water sloshed underneath the house. When I went to school every day, he’d stay home, dig up rocks from the beach and carry them home. ...Things are great … not really .. no, yes, they are …
My anxiety at even looking at my to-do list is overwhelming. I’ve taken to heading out for a run every time I feel the overwhelm. So I run a lot these days. But I get the sense that admitting I feel overwhelmed is verboten. Taboo. Frankly, that doesn’t...On Being Two Nice English Girls
I don’t like deception, but I love being someone different than who I am. The problem is that it’s hard to tell the difference between that and deception, except on stage, where the boundary is clear and so the freedom to experiment is much greater. But it took me...Better late
I used to be one of the most punctual people I knew. I remember, at 17 or 18, sitting on the curb, waiting for the others to show up for some event we were about to go to — and realizing this would be my lot in life: showing up early or on time and waiting. So...
