The little master came running pellmell into the living room on Sunday exclaiming about a praying mantis on the screen door. He was agitated to say the least. His plans involved stingers, pinchers, a preemptive strike, and total insecticide. Sitting in m… more »

I've gotten a lot of parenting advice over the years. It's hard not to get parenting advice. In fact, all you need to get buckets of parenting advice is a child standing within 12 feet of you. Or upwind. It's a pretty even mix of good advice, great advic… more »

As I crutched my way across the porch on my way to school a flash of green caught my eye. There in my lettuce box was a single solitary lettuce, reseeded, trying to make a go of it. It should have made me a little sad but instead it really lifted my spir… more »

Well I'm officially half way through the 3 weeks of being a uniped. I admit I was having a rough time of it yesterday. Too little sleep, a precocious 4 year old, the weight of 1000 impending deadlines (did I mention that my play opens at the end of the m… more »

Friday I stopped by the podiatrist to get my handicapped parking permit paperwork (say that three times fast) and to have them adjust the top portion of the cast that was rubbing a little too tight for my liking. Because I wasn't sure what the adjustment… more »

Last night I started back to rehearsal and taught class this afternoon. I'm confined to a wheelchair for the next three weeks and it has totally changed my outlook. Literally. My normal field of vision is about 3 feet higher than my current one. I am… more »

I know that I'm a day late but honestly, I wasn't terribly coherent yesterday and as the evening progressed I got less so. I've never been a big fan of narcotics but in this situation vicoden became my best friend and honestly, we're still pretty chummy.… more »

I hesitate to even write an entry right now. I'm anxious as hell for obvious reason and have been fairly successfully engaging in distracting activities most of the morning. I've got about 20 minutes before I leave for the podiatrist and then, if the swe… more »

Today is the day before my surgery. My day is filled to capacity with things I need to do before my absence. I have wildly optimistic plans to be back at work by Thursday and I intend to make good on them. Today I'll be at work from 8am until 9pm. Of tho… more »

Completely diverging from my usual topics I've recently found myself in a situation that is consuming all my mental and physical energy. In one ill fated instance I went from being a busy, multitasking, very independent biped, to a hopping, and very depe… more »