My daughter loves getting in the pool, except for one thing: Getting water in her face. I know this problem well. When I was a kid, I hated being in the water. Hated it with a passion. Needed to be bribed, heavily, in order to… Read More
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Talking to My Daughter About Death
I didn’t realize how far the thoughts had gotten in my daughter’s mind until we were playing a game of hide-and-seek at home. My daughter (I call her Sprout online), reminded me about a game we had played the other week where she got upset… Read More
Celebrating “The Distance I Can Be From My Son”
In 2013, Lenka Clayton had a goal for a series of works she wanted to create via An Artist Residency in Motherhood. As she put it: Artist residencies are usually designed as a way to allow artists to escape from the routines and responsibilities of… Read More
Let’s Talk About Cats
Picture a cat. Now picture that cat in your home, somewhere near you. What do you imagine that cat doing? Don’t overthink it. Whatever immediately came to mind when I said to imagine a cat in the room with you works fine. Got it? So,… Read More
Feel Today Today
Lately, Sprout demands to wear a dress every morning. The twirlier the better, because “You can’t twirl without a dress!” The only problem is, she has a finite number of dresses, and they’re not always the best outfit for, say, playing in the sandbox at… Read More
Cutting with The Muppets
We ran into a problem while rehearsing for the table read of Ladies and Gentlemen, Miss Ida Walker: The read-through ran longer than the block of studio time we had reserved for the recording. The traditional rule estimates that one screenplay page equals one minute… Read More
The Farmer(‘s Wife)
A local nursery had a sale this weekend with a petting zoo, and Sprout wanted to wear her overalls. I didn’t think this would become a bigger conversation, but then — “I’m going to be a farmer’s wife!” she said. “Don’t you want to be… Read More
