As an adult, I have a sort of casual, magical relationship with church. I like the feeling of showing up when I want, wearing what I want, crying because no one knows me, leaving after …
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Taking Notes
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ACTUAL SPARKS JOY
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moments of
Lately, on our leisurely (tumultuous) casual (I cry every five minutes) journey towards parenthood, it feels like we can’t seem to get any just like fully good normal news that would give us (me, because …
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CAKE BIBLE
The best part of any start of a play rehearsal process is receiving information from the show’s Dramaturg (if you’re lucky enough to have one.) The info usually includes and then goes beyond any sort …
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SAY I’M A BIRD
And other lines that will NOT appear in Ingrid Michaelson and I’s musical adaptation of THE NOTEBOOK!!!!!!! https://deadline.com/2019/01/broadway-the-notebook-musical-nicholas-sparks-bekah-brunstetter-ingrid-michaelson-1202528533/ We’ve been busying working on this for the last year and a half (SO BUSY THAT I …
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Let’s all listen to Geri
One of the highlights of my 2018 was randomly connected with a retired therapist, Geri, who grew up with my Grandma Roberta, during an Ashkenazi immigrant cultural heyday in Brooklyn. Please let it never be …
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BEST 27
Once again, I choose not to limit my year in review to a mere nine pictures, because I mean, there were just too many Cakes. Honestly even the happiest moments of this year feel slightly …
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MY DAYS ARE NUMBERED
To whoever thought to invent number shaped cookie cutters: CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME INTO MY WILL, IF NOT MY LIFE’S WORK, IF NOT MY LEGACY. You were probably a 19th century Grandma who one morning bent …
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The Resident Bridal Portrait
Mom: I got a giant picture of you as a Bride framed. Do you….want it? Me: NO. Mom: Okay, why not? Me: Because I don’t want to be a person who has a giant framed …
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why to let your Dad shop for your Husband
THIS HAPPENS. Then your Grandma proceeds to tell your husband he has a nice butt, and you say ‘You’re right grandma, in fact, it was in fact one of the first things I liked about …