Hope for Dry Bones
This blog originally appeared on the South Main Baptist Church (Houston) web site for their Lenten blog series in 2019. Here is a link.
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How to Keep Your Vision When Blinded by Life’s Cataclysms
This Blog appears on Stage 32’s web site. Stage 32 is Social Media for TV, Film and Theatre Creatives. Here is a link
A Tale Between Two Cities
Auditions are time consuming and costly. So is driving a car. In my (still-in-progress) memoir I have a chapter about Auditions. I also have a chapter about car issues. This past two weeks I experienced both. Tuesday morning, August 14th, I received an e-mail asking me to attend an audition the next day in Dallas. Of course I wanted to, but there were so many logistics to arrange. I was supposed to work for a 1/2 day at a potential…
EYE SURGERY — A TIME OF WAITING
Cataracts. Cataract surgery. In 1991 when my ophthalmologist told me I had retinitis pigmentosa, he also said I have cataracts. He said they were a natural part of my eye condition, and that there was no point in having them removed yet, because they would just grow back. “Have them removed in the future, when they start bothering you,” he said. So I waited. Four years ago, at my annual eye appointment, Dr. Lewis told me it was probably a…
2017: A YEAR OF CHANGE AND PROGRESS
To talk about what 2017 meant in the life of the Doolittle family, we have to travel back to April 12, 2016. Martha‘s 57th birthday. She took a day off and drove to the north side of Houston to visit her therapist. She intended to return home, pick me up, and together we would get Dorothy from school. Then celebrate Martha‘s birthday at Grace’s restaurant on Kirby. In the middle of the afternoon my cell phone rang; it was Martha.…
WHICH SIDE OF THE BRAIN?
Thursday morning I awoke at about 5:00 and by 5:30 I was sitting at my computer, connected to StageLight’s Terminal Server, taking care of all the demanding tasks that consume my day. There were less insistent tasks than most days, so within an hour I dove into the critical monthly Financials. I made great progress and, in the afternoon, I took a shower and dressed to head to my evening acting event — A Private Party (Phillips 66) murder mystery…
