Though I’ve been quiet on here, I’ve been busy. It’s funny how creative things seem to spawn more creative things. I’ve had a ridiculous number of offers and invitations to audition, participate in a reading of a new play to be presented to a professional theatre company, participate in a staged reading of Macbeth (as […]
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My Silence Comes In Waves
When I fall into radio silence for an extended time, you know something’s going on with me. That something could be good or bad, or just many somethings all at once. I haven’t posted here since I found out I’m pregnant. EEEEEE!!!! OMG!!!!!!! (Finally!) I’ve known a solid three months now. It took me ages […]
Mixing Extremes
Saturday was crazy! An awesome sort of crazy, even if it totally kicked my ass. (Yeah, it did.) My day started with a workshop. A local theatre offers occasional master classes, and that day they held an audition boot camp. Which was exactly as advertised. Intense and amazing, and I was more than a little […]
Social Magic of Storytelling
Let me tell you a story. (that’s why you’re here, after all.) I went to a party. It was a Friday after a long, crazy day at work that joined two weeks’ worth of long, crazy days. I went alone. I went with nerves and doubts. See, I was afraid I wouldn’t know anyone at […]
New Year 2017
Goodbye, 2016. I will not miss you. Last year (I do not have words to say how thrilled I am that 2016 is officially past) was so bad, it was all I saw, much of the time. The negative things. The death toll. The election. Stress. My own mental shutdown. But it had its bright moments. […]
Promises Kept
2016 hasn’t ended yet, so I’m keeping my promise from the last post! I let myself go radio silent in order to focus on stage managing (and not sucking at it), but the silence grew. I’ve started at least a dozen posts, but the silence was too heavy. I didn’t know – or, rather, I […]
What Is This Year?
I like to assign themes to things like years. And this year has so far shaped up to be my Year of Being Introverted. With so much going on, I’ve been largely in shut down mode. But now things seem to be turning around. A writer-friend came up for a long weekend of awesome, which kicked my ass […]
Grammy King
I have come to the conclusion that 2016 is actively trying to die in a fire. Or kill us all. Not much of a difference, really. Posts have been piling up on me: my birthday (come and gone), observations, rants (though nothing new to add to the Dear Asshat series). But the true shit-show that […]
Seasonal Confusion
Seasons cling in Maine. My corner of Maine, anyway. They’re slow to change. They can be subtle and take their time coming in and are often reluctant to go out. Twice a year I forget which season we’ve left, which we’re in, and which we’re changing into. They come in the spring and fall while […]
A Reason For Silence
I take a long, long time to work out the things that upset me. And 2016 has been one hell of a year for upsetting things. It’s taken me weeks to figure out this blog-silence. It wasn’t the traveling – which was great, if exhausting – or the fact I had a couple roles in […]
Melissa Burkart 