A night of poetry ended in the kitchen of a dentist
Elysha and I are looking forward to hosting our first live storytelling show since February 2020 at The Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, CT on August 18, 2021. The show will…
Join me at the upcoming virtual Moth GrandSLAM!
I'll be competing in a virtual Moth GrandSLAM championship on Monday, May 24 at 7:30 PM EST. Tickets are just $15. The storytelling should be great. I'd LOVE to see…
I kicked that ice cream machine’s ass. But no more.
About 13,000 McDonald’s across the country are now using the Taylor C602 digital ice cream machine for making their shakes and sundaes. Unlike the machines of yore, these machines are…
The Little Utz Girl is not what she seems to be (to me)
Please note The Little Utz Girl in the photograph below. Little Utz Girl is the actual name of the character on the bag of my student's potato chips. Customers in…
Where were you when?
I was born after Kennedy's assassination, so I'm not in the company of people who remember where they were when the announcement of his death was made. That said, people…
Slowly, carefully emerging from hiding
Exciting news. Elysha and I will be producing our first Speak Up storytelling show to an audience of actual people after more than 18 months away from the stage. August…
Cast a wide, open net
I was consulting with a client about a series of projects that she's working on, including a solo show, a possible TED Talk, and other things. At one point, she…
Look! It’s my My great grandparents!
I've said it before. I'll say it again: Put stuff into the world. You never know what will come back to you. Case in point: Yesterday I wrote about an…
My grandmother was a writer. Thank goodness.
My aunt found my grandmother's high school yearbook, which contained an essay written by my grandmother back in 1939. I can't tell you how thrilled I was to receive this…
Titles be gone!
During Michelle Obama's appearance on The Late Show this week, she asked that Stephen Colbert refrain from calling her Madame First Lady and simply call her Michelle. I was so…
