Category Archives: Miscellany
Appreciation through Basics
Football started last week. I’m happy to say that both the Ravens and my fantasy football team were victorious in week one. Sadly, I couldn’t see the awesome season opener for the Ravens on Monday night because I was attending a writers meeting. (One has to sacrifice for one’s art sometimes.) Mom was watching though. …
Book Review: Susan Cain’s “Quiet”
Last night I finished reading Susan Cain’s Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. As I mentioned in my review on Goodreads, I think this book has value, and I applaud Cain for writing it. However, I felt somewhat disappointed in my experience with same. The title of the book, and indeed the …
Still Standing. Okay, Maybe Leaning.
As some of my Twitter followers have survived by now, I have been away from regular internet access until yesterday morning. In fact until yesterday morning, I was rarely at my own home for about four days. On Friday evening, it would seem that a meteorological phenomena, (the name of which I heard once, and cannot for …
Enter Stage Write
Those of you who follow me on Twitter, or who may know me from elsewhere probably already know that I am once again cast in a play. As the About Me section of this website indicates, and as I have mentioned more than once in my entries here, theatre is one of my passions, and …
Keys to an Introvert’s Ideal Social Activity
Later this week I will be auditioning for a play, as I have done many times over the years. (Please visit my other blog in a few days to find out how it went.) Based on who is directing and others who are trying out, I suspect that if I get a part, it will …
