“Imagine for a moment that one day you woke up and realized you couldn’t think of the words for comm
Imagine having trouble remembering the names of people with whom you have daily contact. Envision being in the middle of a sentence and...
Glorious week! Popped a cherry!
Confess, never liked that expression! Felt it crude and rude. But after giving my first ever “Inspirational Speaker” talks this week,...
"Do you think the way you were treated after your stroke was because of race?"
Another audience question from talkback following performance of My Stroke of Luck. The deficiencies in my treatment, both at discharge...
It's a wrap: gratitudes and lessons from My Stroke of Luck
Couldn't resist Bearded Collies bearing eggs, eggs being the ancient symbol of the earth, creation and life energy, the pagan symbol of...
"You seem like there's nothing wrong with you."
"Thank you!" That's an observation an audience member makes at every Talkback. Then comes the question of how I am different since my...
"You couldn't even talk straight! Why didn't anyone tell you?"
Who says they didn't tell me? That might seem a flippant answer to an earnest question, asked by an audience member following a recent...
"So your acting, was this a dream deferred?"
Stage Makeup Class, College of Marin, taught by Patricia Polen, 2015 Please, don't make Langston Hughes roll over in his grave!!!...
"How could they just send you home from the neurologic ICU, messed up as you were?"
That question was from an audience member following a performance of My Stroke of Luck at The Marsh, San Francisco. (I'm dedicating this...
"So what do you think it is with doctors not seeking help?"
That was the first audience question at my talk back Saturday night. What indeed! Everyone has heard, "Doctors make lousy patients," and...
Bathing in laughter, feeling cozy, warm and fuzzy...
No, not curled up in bed, though that is one of my favorite pass times! In the theater! Thursday morning was cold and rainy, not an...
