I OBVIOUSLY haven’t been here.

You may have noticed.

Instead I’ve been following my own advice and re-inventing myself in midlife. My most recent incarnation has been spending a lot of time…

I’ve been terribly busy lately. As you know, I’m enamored of theatre. And the internet. And sharing information to help people make connections both online and face-to-face. It’s what I do.

I’ve been involved with some form of online community since the dark ages of dialup. Yes, I remember getting kicked off the internet when I got a phone call on my home line.

When I first got online, I was more likely to be chatting with someone halfway across the continent than someone in my own neighborhood.

But then…

Three weeks ago I auditioned for two plays in one weekend. I didn’t get either part, which made me a little sad. I really wanted to be in one of the plays because I have friends who are on the production staff. I knew it would be great fun to spend time with them. Oh, well.

Y’all know that I’m working on learning to deal with rejection and to step outside my comfort zone. So I tried hard not to take it personally, and

When you have a blog, you’re going to get comments. Some of them are kind, some are mean, but some of the comments are spam. I mostly get blog spam from…

Summer is winding down, so in these last few days before fall begins let’s listen to the sounds of summer and take a virtual summer vacation together.