I'm practicing up for the summer shows that start on Saturday night at The Homestead in Midway, thinking about how much my hands and voice retain in muscle memory, how much I need the work and polish that practice brings. . .  I miss my old piano friend -- I haven't been playing very much lately.  Daisy seems to sense the importance of the piano in my life and respond accordingly to the attention which shifts away from her when I practice.  She'll usually immediately ask that I play her a …

At the "Movers and Shakers" workshop in San Francisco with Cheryl Richardson and Reid Tracy. . .so much info to think about.  Nice people!  I've met such nice, fascinating movahs and shakahs so far.   Great to meet you Erin, Maggie, Maureen (Reeny), Joy, Carol, and Michelle.   I got the book cover from Greg for "Kick-Ass Creativity" last night -- so exciting!  It looks great!  I'm carrying it around in my purse like a nerd, pulling it out to show anyone …

Getting ready for tomorrow night's ArtTalk with the Kimball Art Center.  It's funny how different this feels than when I prepare for a show.  I've been putting together setlists and players and gear checklists for so long that it's second nature.  This feels a lot harder! Mark's experiences with Toastmasters has made me really sensitive to things like how many times I use 'umm' or 'uhh' in between real words.  And Tim Koegel's (great) book on presenting that I read awhile back is …

I'm pretty excited to be speaking at the Kimball's Art Talk series next Thursday night.  It's only supposed to last about 1 to 1.5 hours, so I have some serious compressing to do in order to cover what I'd like to do.  

Turned in the final galley edits to my book today.  It looks amazing.  Not too many last minute changes, which will make a whole multitude of people in the production editing office happy, I think.  It's tough, though, letting go of your babies . . . sending them off on their ways to become what they're meant to become.  

Lots of deep thoughts lately, no time whatsoever to get them down.  More later!

Thanks for coming by, 
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For a new moon Sunday, I can't say things kicked off to a stellar start. Lillian kicked my butt at Scrabble.  Three games won, she spared me more trouncing by packing up the board and calling it a night. Meant to get over to Ulta to check out the latest step-up-from-the-drugstore cosmetics, but fell asleep during meditation instead and slept for two and a half hours.  In jeans.  (But it was a nice nap!)  Daisy's calling me right now -- sweetly, but loudly -- …