

"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...


"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...


This will make you rethink your holiday shopping!
Still searching for that unique gift for that special person? You'd think a young man would remember his first car. But this photo,...


"Silver linings exist, though it might take a while for your eyes to adjust to see them."
Photo, 1995, Xtapa, Mexico, Takeshi in arms, Logan watching, iguana waiting! Thank you, Dr. Bob Stein, Kaiser San Rafael. Your words...


EXTENDED!!! MY STROKE OF LUCK 1/4-2/3, 2018
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! Thanks to all of you who've come out to The Marsh, San Francisco, talked up my show, put fliers up in...


ONLY 3 MORE WEEKS TO CATCH MY STROKE OF LUCK AT THE MARSH SAN FRANCISCO
Thank you all who've come out! You've been great audiences! And your feedback has been wonderful and helpful! I am so heartened by...


What a difference a venue makes!
So here I am, two performances into my 6 week run at The Marsh with my solo show, My Stroke of Luck! Something beyond my wildest dreams...


HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN, JIGGETY JIGG! Wrote this last week before the fires...
With a landmark college reunion last week, distracted, never hit send! In the meantime, so much tragic disruption and loss has engulfed...


THE COURAGE IS TO LIVE THROUGH IT!
So many people come up to me after performances of My Stroke of Luck commenting, “You are one brave woman,” or “How courageous to share...











































