Biscuits with homemade butter, jam and marmalade.
Being a good ole Southern boy, the importance of good biscuits cannot be overstated. And it pains me to see so many of my Northern friends struggle to make a decent biscuit. And I swear it’s easy enough that you can make a perfect batch better than anything from a can or fast food fried chicken store the very first time you try. Read the rest of this entry
NOTE: This is not a typical post for this blog, but I share it here to archive the video footage and give thanks to someone who helped shape who I became. Read the rest of this entry
Thanksgiving used to be one of my favorite holidays. I can say that because I’m old enough to remember a time when it was a holiday free of commercial excess. Christmas decorations and holiday sales wouldn’t start for another week or so after Thanksgiving. It was just a time for all of the family to gather at my grandparent’s house for great cooking and family togetherness. Read the rest of this entry
In this example, a playwright wrote an original script and it was produced in his hometown. He wanted his original two-act play bound and published for posterity, and had hopes of securing future productions outside his home region. After consulting with me, he decided to hire me to help him publish his work. The playwright provided me with the manuscript as a digital file, a photograph from the original production for the cover, and a cast and crew list from the program for inclusion in the script. His script needed some editing for typos, spelling and formatting, but nothing beyond what is included in the basic contract.
For more information, keep reading. You can also download the Prospectus for Playwrights, or contact me directly. Read the rest of this entry
Oct 19
This gallery contains 11 photos.
In yesterday’s post, I described my trip to see Randy Dalton’s The Blue Grotto with Steve Berg (from Nichols-Berg Gallery in Chestnut Hill) and encaustic painter and art instructor Clarissa Shanahan Schwirmer, and mixed-media artist Ellen Benson. Before venturing out to West Philadelphia to see Dalton’s art installation, Ellen invited us to see her home and studio [...]
Oct 18
This gallery contains 19 photos.
[Today I was lucky enough to tour the artist home/studios of two creative individuals (Ellen Benson, and Randy Dalton, both of the West Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia), plus an installation known as The Blue Grotto, and several related galleries/installations nearby in West Philadelphia. Because my head is still spinning with sensory overload, I'm going [...]
The cover of Asher TX ’82, a new one-act drama by Bruce R. Coleman.
Cover photograph by Daylon Walton. Cover design and illustration by Jay Thomson.
Published in 2011 by LavaPress, available on Lulu and on Amazon for Kindle downloads.
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You are one seriously busy theatre individual. You probably work at least one full-time job to support your theatre habit (maybe more), and you spend practically every moment when you’re not at your day job either in rehearsals or performance, or writing your next award-winner.
The cover of Asher TX ’82, a new one-act drama by Bruce R. Coleman.
Cover photograph by Daylon Walton. Cover design and illustration by Jay Thomson.
Published in 2011 by LavaPress, available on Lulu.
