Sweeten the World

by | Nov 1, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows

This is the true order of how things happened: I’d been meaning and wanting to make a batch, even a small one, of peach jam. It was a missing link in my jamming season. But then… you know, I just couldn’t quite put together peaches, lemon or lime,...

From Near to Far

by | Nov 21, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows

October didn’t rush by. I haven’t been here on this blog, either. It’s been less writer-focused, more a time to attend to the rush of things that call for me to show up. Like the carpool—I have shown up for carpool. People who know me in the...

In Threes

by | Nov 27, 2014 | Standing In The Shadows

I had for a long while a habit of three things to tell you about along with a statement of three good things, because gratitude is a skill and when cultivated, I believe works to our advantage. Plus, there’s really so much that’s good, even sometimes when...

Fearful Symmetry

by | Nov 11, 2014 | Stagestruck

Darko Tresnjak has a predilection for carefully composed stage pictures and a passion for symmetry. He’s also drawn to the arresting visual concept. In last year’s Twelfth Night, the set itself was a hedge maze, and in 2012’s The Tempest, both the...