Some Travel Advice

Some Travel Advice

I get asked for travel advice all the time. It's fine of course, it's what I do, and I love to talk about it and share my lessons learned. I was recently asked for advice by someone who was considering solo traveling as a female. I don’t have a lot of female-specific...

Object in the Rearview Mirror

Object in the Rearview Mirror

Objects in the rearview mirror may appear closer than they are. I feel like the warning works better this way.  I cannot speak for every other profession, but in my realm, the one unavoidable tool of the trade is a notebook.  I’ve been filling them up with stories,...

Hunting Season

Hunting Season

I’m inviting you to go on a pheasant hunting experience, one to purge an invasive species from your world. Our minds, for all of their wondrous intricacies, are really just electrical computers running if/then statements. Social comparison is how we navigate the...

The Right Expression

The Right Expression

I follow a lot of comic book artists on Instagram.  As a doodler with a childhood full of superheroes, I sketch them all the time. It’s a wonderful distraction before shows, and if you look around the back of the club on any night I’m performing, you can probably find...

One More Time

One More Time

There’s something to be said for doing things more than once. It’s true for a lot of things.  I’m currently in The Azores, on Terceira Island specifically.  This is at least my sixth time here, and I’ve walked away from every visit with a completely different...

No, It’s Not Just You

No, It’s Not Just You

Hey there. Can I interrupt whatever you’re working on?  Let me tell you about my last two weeks. I learned a lot of things. Most of them were not good. Twice I found myself in extremely uncomfortable situations created by other people.  In the process,...

The Blueprint

The Blueprint

In a world of self-help gurus and life coaches, we put too much importance on the blueprint and not enough on the work.  One of the inarguable things I’ve learned in my twenty years in entertainment is that you cannot get out of putting in the time.  I used...

The Love and Care of Feral Creatures

The Love and Care of Feral Creatures

This cat-that-is-not-mine and I have had a week. We are almost six months in and she’s remained a feral, outside cat who just happens to call my front porch home base. I came from home from Louisiana this past weekend to find her limping fiercely, and upon further...

Eyes on the Ground

Eyes on the Ground

We’ll do an easy one.Those were the words used to describe plans for a low-key mountain adventure and the intent to climb one of Colorado’s 14ers.  Believe it or not, there are easier 14,000 foot mountains than others, but those difficulty ratings depend on ideal...