My Mama, 1934 – 2025

My Mama, 1934 – 2025

If I were tasked the impossible, that is, to summarise my mom in one word, I’d have to go with “authentic.” She never pretended to be someone she wasn’t or that something was easy when it was not. By simply being herself, those around her could feel safe, understood,...
It’s not a choice.

It’s not a choice.

I love doing theatre. I do. But I’m not one of those actors that relishes every moment of it. I get anxious. Take a drama, for example, When, playing a heavy role, I don’t experience it as a performance. I get into the character in a way that leaves me...
How to Make a Best Friend in 10 Easy Steps

How to Make a Best Friend in 10 Easy Steps

(Note to readers foreign to the concept of irony: this is meant as a light-hearted guide for California Natives new to the Midwest. It is not to be taken literally!) Are you new in town, missing your old friends, and finding it difficult to make new ones? Perhaps you...
A Love Letter to The Broad in My Life

A Love Letter to The Broad in My Life

“Chicago is a Broad, the very definition of a Phoenix-rising. The architecture, Her edgy exterior. The weather, Her emotions. The water, Her depth.” – Lily Sauvage, 2014 I used to be a runner. And not the healthy type you see on Lakeshore Drive...