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Thank heavens for pop music. Yesterday, Nov. 6, the day after the US Election, two songs kept me going: There's Got To Be A Morning...

Sometimes, we're so fixated on making big waves, we forget how important the ripples can be. When I was making my play Unsung ( Inconnue...

Me and Freddy (aka Alfred) Cook - the very first presentation after my residency. I've just finished the summer presentations of my...

French actors Patrick Grenouilleau (Henry), Catherine Long (Marie) and Me (Writer) As I started getting my show "Unsung/Inconnue" ready...

"Marie's Theme' - music by Frederick Delius, words and vocal by Me. I just recorded one of my songs (and me singing/playing it) -- at the...

Today - THREE B'S ! WHAT ARE THEY? READ ON. I was delighted to discover THREE wonders in my temporary neighborhood. Two I knew already....

Who knew Paris has its own High Line? That's the fabulous garden planted on top of an abandoned train line in NYC's Chelsea. I'm...

I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw there was a new art museum in Mougins that was women - women- nothin' but women! Artists, that is....

What fun stuff are you denying yourself?? CAN YOU STOP THAT – AND START TO PLAY MORE? Yesterday morning, I was fed up. (Are You Fed Up...

The bouncing baby play I conceived at an artists residency in March was born last Friday, July 19. Woohoo! "It's one hour of insights...

I was thrilled when the folks at the Château de La Napoule decided that this summer, they’d offer visitors “UNSUNG,” the play+guided tour...

RECAP - March 23, 2024 I have one week left in my month-long artists’ residency at La Napoule. I have written only 1/3 of the...

I've been so focused on the Major Dramatic Question (MDQ) of the play I'm writing at La Napoule - WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO? -that I've...

RECAP For my month-long artists’ residency at le Château de La Napoule, I’ve made a vow: To finish a first draft of a visite théâtralisée...

PROLOGUE For getting a ton of work done, I've found there is nothing better than an artists’ residency. You focus on only one thing: the...

Dateline Monday, March 18 - Happy Belated Saint Paddy's Day! Who knew a small town in the south of France (La Napoule) would have such a...

Mama and Papa Maeght - founders of the Fondation Maeght - were devastated when they lost their youngest son, Bernard, to leukemia at age...

View of Chateau de La Napoule pre-departure The fantastic folk at our residency gave us a field trip - and the weather cooperated for the...

Monday March 4, 2024 I'm hot on the trail, sniffing out the story I want to tell about Marie and Henry Clews, creators of Chateau de la...

For many, February means Carnival, the party-hearty days leading up the depressing deprivation of Lent. I've always avoided it. Too many...