Steel Magnolias - Harling

Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling is one of my all-time favorite plays. When I discovered that my theater  club was going to do it, I had to sign on. I produced and, by the time it was over, stage managed, ran lights, handled publicity, and pretty much anything else that needed done! The story...

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Blog Tour: A Masque of Infamy: A novel of teenage rebellion and punkrock salvation - Dessaint

*This book was an advanced reading copy sent to me, free of charge, for my honest review and opinion.  All comments in this review are the honest opinion of the blogger. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...

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Tuesday Tunes - 06/25/13

A great lyric is like a great book... The Man in The Mirror Michael Jackson, Artist Glen Ballard & Siedah Garrett, Writers I'm Gonna Make A Change, For Once In My Life It's Gonna Feel Real Good, Gonna Make A Difference Gonna Make It Right . . . As I, Turn Up The Collar On My Favourite...

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Mondays - 06/24/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Been busy, two weeks until my show goes up, so not much reading going on here.... Now Reading:  Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not? (Thompson Square) Just Finished: A Masque of Infamy (Kelly Dessaint) On Deck: Who k...

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Sunday Salon - 06/23/13

If you are interested in other Salon posts, visit the Facebook page to get links. June is almost over and...I survived! It's been a busy, busy year so far and, honestly, I am looking forward to a slower summer!!  Life Steel Magnolias, the show I was working on, is over. It was...

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Cleaning out the closet...

As I transition back into the real world (having left the theater behind) and in light of Google Reader going bye-bye, I took some time to review my Google Blogger (as I updated to Feedly) list and what I found was surprising. I expected to clean up a few sites which I knew had gone off-line... But I found quite a few that were over a year old with no posts! And most of them offered no, "So long,...

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Tuesday Tunes - 06/18/13

A great lyric is like a great book... La Vie Boheme / Rent  Cast, Artists  Jonathan Larson, Writer ANGEL Who died?   BENNY Our akita   MARK, ROGER, ANGEL, COLLINS Evita   BENNY Mimi, I'm surprised A bright and charming girl like you Hangs out with these...

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Mondays - 06/17/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. I have to admit that I have only read about half of a book over the past month... Not much more. But I am getting back into it and hopefully will have some new reviews soon! Now Reading:  A Masque of Infamy (Kelly Dessaint) Are...

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Just checking in...

Well, its been a crazy-busy few weeks...but I am almost there! This weekend marks the last shows and strike of Steel Magnolias. Its been stressful and exhausting, but also a ton of fun and a show of which to be proud! I'm counting the minutes until I can breath and finally enjoy the "start" of summer! I've...

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Tuesday Tunes - 06/11/13

A great lyric is like a great book... Grandma's Feather Bed John Denver, Artist Jim Connor, Writer When I was a little bitty boy Just up off-a floor We used to go down to Grandma's house Every month end or so We had chicken pie and country ham And homemade butter on the bread But the...

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May ReCap 2013...

May 2013 Update May has been busy, busy, busy with the lead up to my show and our opening May 31st. All has gone well, but its left me little time for much else.  This month I read: Total Read: 2 YTD: 18 Adult: 2 YA/children's: 2 Abandoned: 0 Including: The Dog Stars - Peter Heller That...

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The Dog Stars - Heller

In Peter Heller's, The Dog Stars, "Hig survived the flu that killed everyone he knows. His wife is gone, his friends are dead, he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, his only neighbor a gun-toting misanthrope. In his 1956 Cessna, Hig flies the perimeter of the airfield...

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Tuesday Tunes - 06/04/13

A great lyric is like a great book... Have you seen the recent Yahoo News of Barry Williams, AKA Greg Brady, singing The Real Greg Brady (to the tune of Eminem's The Real Slim Shady) at the recent "Brady reunion"? Is it really a reunion when only three of the ten/plus regular cast needed a...

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Mondays - 06/03/13

This meme is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Been busy, two weeks until my show goes up, so not much reading going on here.... Now Reading:  Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not? (Thompson Square) and Steel Magnolias (Robert Harling) Just Finished: Steel Magnolias...

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