My Letter to Fear
Based on interviews with women, these essays about life (and all of its funny, sad and ridiculous aspects) were published in 2014.
5:18
I’m sitting here in the dark—a gigantic ball of stress and angst, if you ever saw one—contemplating life (as you do at 5:00am). I’m exhausted. My eczema is out in full force. And I’m pretty sure that there is absolutely no way that I can justify drinking this early. I mean, even having a mimosa
Original Series Coming to Your Screens Soon!
So… where to start. Once upon a time I wrote a blog. The blog became a script. And now the script will be an original web series coming to a screen near you– with a little bit (or a whole lot) of help from friends. For all the latest details, click on the IndieGoGo graphic
Two Years Out
For those of you keeping score at home today marks the two year anniversary of a shocking event in history– my quitting of the job. I know. I can’t believe it either. I feel like we all jumped off the cliff together (though you all are shockingly behind in your contributions to my rent
The Story
Kate Holt is lost. While Kate is an educated, successful business woman, she finds herself stymied when it comes to navigating the seemingly endless set of pitfalls inherent to the dating scene in Los Angeles. After all, no one comes to Los Angeles to find love—people here barely find like. Songs of found love are
Happy Friday!
For two very special friends (you know who you are) on a Friday, I bring you:
Ruling the World
This is really just a public service announcement to let you know that M and I have decided to rule the world. Technically our world rule started at midnight PST, but in reality it started about an hour and forty-seven minutes ago when I woke up. It’s nothing personal. The former rulers did an okay
Disclaimer
I had a dance teacher once who would start each class with a thought for the day. On one particular day, her musing was: You can’t through life with a disclaimer. She started with dance examples: you can’t walk into auditions and start with “I’m feeling very cranky. I didn’t get enough sleep. I’m pretty
Holding Patterns
A comment reader Jen left about holding patterns (Jen’s comment) made me pause. I wonder if it had the same impact on you? When I look back on my life what I see is a series of enormous leaps followed by long phases of what I can only describe as holding patterns. It is almost
Birthday Wisdom
As I sit here on a balcony overlooking the ocean, on this the first day of my 44th year of existence, I find myself musing about all the things I once planned for someday when my real life started. This kind of musing can be hard on those who are truly delicate flowers, but if