This afternoon, I received a call from an HR representative at a social service agency, whose craigslist posting I'd answered. I'd heard of the agency, which administers health and recreation programs for seniors in various nursing homes and residences; they were seeking a Program Assistant, who woul… Read full post »

Lady Lucia was home for a week before she had to go away without me AGAIN. This time just for two days instead of eight, but still...

She's away attending a clergy gathering, to which I was also invited, but couldn't go because I don't get any paid time off from… Read full post »

I've washed my hair and cleaned the bathroom. Cleaned the kitchen a bit, too. It still feels too early for dinner, so, here I am, filling time and my computer screen with letters, like little ants marching in a line. This is the last of my EIGHT long nights alone. Lady… Read full post »

Those of youse who have been reading this blog for a while were aware that Lady Lucia and I had been planning our Holy Union ceremony for nearly a year and would be having it in late April. (I hadn't wanted to specify the exact date on this blog until after… Read full post »

Interesting. Just a few days before my 50th birthday, I have discovered that two  artists I really admire were also born on April 25th. Maude Hart Lovelace, the author of the "Betsey-Tacey" books, which I loved reading as a child and am re-reading now (I found a bunch in a second-hand… Read full post »

This is one of those (fortunately very rare) Saturday nights when Lady Lucia and I are not together. She's out and I'm home alone. I could have gone with her if I'd wanted to but there are times when her idea of fun is my idea of torture. Tonight's event is… Read full post »

We did the Fred Allen Show on Thursday night. My first show in over two years went very well, as far as our performances and the audience response were concerned. Afterward, though, there was some of what my Mama, Rosy Cheeks, calls "difficult sociology."

First, there was the uncertainty about whethe… Read full post »

Last night, Lady Lucia and I attended a 40th birthday party for our friend Hippolyta. I think that, these days, Hippolyta is probably my youngest friend (I used to hang out with a couple of people in their 20s while still living in Manhattan but have lost touch with them since… Read full post »

Approximately 90 minutes ago, I was in an overpriced, snooty Manhattan restaurant with a group of really cool OS bloggers, including Cranky Cuss, Alysa Salzberg, Sally Allen, Dirndl Skirt and a few others I was meeting for the first time. Lady Lucia was there, too, and I'd told her she would be… Read full post »

I guess many would call it a good problem to have. I refer to the problem of finding something to wear for the commitment ceremony that Lady Lucia and I are planning for the end of April (yes, mere days after my fiftieth birthday). There are two challenges associated with my… Read full post »

When I came back to NY, after spending my 8th grade year in San Francisco, I was intent on becoming a professional ballet dancer. Miss Jean's teaching had really helped me believe in myself and I was ready to take on the New York ballet scene - or so I thought. There… Read full post »

Usually, I write blog entries on Tuesday evenings because I don't have much else to do and it helps me pass the time until Lady Lucia gets home from her Civil Air Patrol chaplain duties. Tonight, though, I'm just taking a moment to catch up with youse, because I am dizzyily… Read full post »

Usually, I write blog entries on Tuesday evenings because I don't have much else to do and it helps me pass the time until Lady Lucia gets home from her Civil Air Patrol chaplain duties. Tonight, though, I'm just taking a moment to catch up with youse, because I am dizzyily… Read full post »

This has been one of my longest intervals between posts. I haven't forgotten y'all (some OS bloggers will see that I've been reading and commenting) but I haven't known what to write about myself lately. Too many this-and-thats. There's not much of a theme going these days, so I'll just list… Read full post »

I'm taking a hiatus from the show biz memoir because there are other things on my mind. Lady Lucia left, yesterday afternoon, for another Florida visit to care for her very sick mother (Alzheimers, heart troubles, brittle bones; too much for one, tiny 85 year old woman!) Her mother has been… Read full post »

When I was in 7th grade (my last year in Amherst, Mass) I joined the school Drama Club. It was one of those Junior Highs (old style) that went from 7th-9th grade, and the Drama Club President was a really cool 9th grade boy named John Gray (no relation to the… Read full post »

It's been more than two years now, since I appeared on a stage (or in a TV show or film). I guess, at this point, it's pretty safe to call me a "retired" actress/singer/dancer. With that in mind (and having just re-read "The House of Barrymore," by the brilliant biographer, Margot… Read full post »

Lady Lucia left the apartment, early this evening, looking razzle-dazzle gorgeous in a form-fitting, navy blue velvet gown, sparkled with sequins. I helped her do her zipper and sent her on her way, feeling like Cinderella ('though Lady Lucia is anything but evil and certainly not my step-sister!) So… Read full post »

I'm home from work because this is day three of what I've been told is a Three-Day Intestinal Virus. Which means I'm still a bit tired and run-down but mostly okay. The first day was major hell (fever and horrible gastric distress) and the second day minor hell. Now, though, I'm… Read full post »

During Sing-Along time today, one of the songs in our book was "April Showers." A resident ("Miss M") said, "We can't sing this song!"

  "Why not?" I asked her.

  She said, "This is a Spring song."

   "That's okay," I replied, "we can pretend it's April. I wish it… Read full post »

The other day I found myself saying, "I wish secular Christmas would just disappear!" Then I realized that, if my wish came true, the U.S economy would go into an even worse funk than it's been in for the last few years. Still, if secular Christmas could disappear without putting anyone… Read full post »

Last night I dreamed that my late cat, Festus, was still alive and living at my ex husband, Iggy's place. I was visiting all the "uptown cats" there, including Festus' sister, Lulu, who was also still alive in my dream. For some reason, I decided to bring Festus (only Festus) home… Read full post »

My last post (on Novemeber 29th) was, I think, the only one I've ever written that did not receive one single comment. While it wasn't the most fascinating post I've ever written, I don't think it was the most boring one either. Curious...

I just got home from another fruitless job… Read full post »

Re-Posting with a new title, as per Ben Sen's advice:

We're back from our latest shuffle-off-to-Buffalo, where we visited with Lady Lucia's son and DIL and (most importantly) made the acquaintance of Grandson "Merlin." Merlin is a big, gorgoeous 5-week-old wonder boy, with deep, twinkling eyes and t… Read full post »

I've always liked the idea of a "Buy Nothing Day" response to the "Black Friday" holiday shopping lemming "imperative." These days, I buy almost no holiday gifts anyway, and, if I do happen to be off work on the day after Thanksgiving, the last way I want to spend the time… Read full post »