Cusp of a Concert: Preparing “December Songs”
I’m about to do something I rarely get to do: just sing. I know; I sing all the time, but usually I’m writing a script too, or learning lines. Not this time…
Tiny steps count, too.
And consistency is a kindness. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I don’t want to practice!
How to retire well? Kick in doors so others can walk through them.
I think a lot about service, about the idea that we’re here for one another, that if someone needs upholding, we do the holding up. We all have the service gene, however uniquely it manifests. My husband John, my Silver Fox, has it; for the past 20 years he has served in our federal government as a special agent in Criminal Investigations with the Treasury Department, and last week he retired.
Sheep and Pintxos: Notes On The Perfect Summer
Two months’s summer travel is, I know, a great luxury, and I joke that in our solid middle age we took a gap summer, as opposed to the now-normal collegiate (or not) gap year with a backpack. We wore the backpacks, and we discovered a few things along the way.
A Tale of Two Derry Girls
When a city bears your name (or you bear some version of its), you have to visit.
Into The Covid Woods: On closings and presence and moments.
Whose woods these are, well, I thought I knew. Our beautiful Into The Woods got squashed by the Covid giant; I went down hard.
A Dream Debut: "Ingenue You When" at 54 Below
I have never felt anything like what I did when I walked out onto the stage of Feinstein's 54 Below on the night of September 8, 2021.
What Do You Wish?
For me, holding onto my art is how I cope, how I maintain my exuberance and fight my sadness, it’s my way forward. It’s what I wish.
Do What Scares You. Wear Those Pants.
You know that moment when you're really close to the finish of something and then start to ... doubt? I do.
How Kindness Eases Change
It’s early September. At my sister’s restaurant in Colorado her team wipes layers of wildfire ash from outdoor tables and batten down the hatches for a pending snow storm. 2020, you beast.
Stand In Someone Else's Shoes
I love that my friend Vibecke doesn’t see obstacles - she sees only opportunities, and not just for herself.
Level Up, Girl.
This big birthday is about choosing to put one foot in front of the other while accepting the uncertainty of being in the world. It’s about leveling up.
We Rise Again
Josh Dinar’s words are an “act of kindness, of generosity, of patience” that I hope bring you some inspiration and sustenance when both those things feel scarce.
Why Gratitude Is My Word
An ode to a best friend, and to a lot of socks: why gratitude is my 2020 word.
Embrace The (Scene) Change!
We’ve been back in NYC just about a year, and it’s been, well, very New York. And I can’t help but notice how different things are in the biz.
Nerd-Joy and Great Music at 54 Below
Singing the music of Larry O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin in “I Remember It Differently” at 54 Below!
From the Files: UrbanArias and Unselfing
Some of Madame President’s past and present favorite things.