There are many things I never thought I would do in my life. Buying a pregnancy belly band is definitely one of them. To be more accurate, I could never have even imagined that I would buy a pregnancy belly band because not only did I never want or plan to be pregnant, but until…

When I think about being in a play, I usually think about what my on-stage experience is going to be like. Of course, much of an actor’s theater time is spent off-stage. This was especially true for me in the recently closed “Cat On a Hot Tin Roof,” a three-hour (with intermissions), three-act play where…

It’s the first miracle of 2019: Our trivia “team” Ed’s Angels won first place last week at Wander North’s Trivia Mafia’s trivia. (And YES, to answer my husband’s first question, there were other teams there, including ones that usually win). Let me state clearly that we mostly go to trivia to drink. And to hang…

It’s Epiphany! This means it is still technically “The Holiday Season” so I can still share my Christmas Letter without it being tremendously late. I can even make a thematic tie-in, as an “epiphany” can mean a sudden realization, and learning is a type of realization, and the theme of my Christmas letter (which I…

Just a few weeks ago, I had no idea Top the Tater was a real thing. It was only on my radar because it was the “jail name” (name assigned by Animal Control) of the little dog we wanted to adopt. When a friend suggested that “Top the Tater” sounded like an “adult” party game,…

I’ve never enjoyed waking up. Even under the best of circumstances, I find it hard to leave the comfort of bed to start my day. Of course waking up is even harder if it’s cold or early or I haven’t slept well or I’m hungover—which of course never happens. (Waking up is even worse when…

I didn’t expect Sarah Silverman to break open my heart. Chad and I were expecting, and hoping, that we would watch an episode of her comedy series “I Love You America” as a way to unwind before going to bed. We thought we’d watch something short and funny and not too stressful. Perhaps we should…

Merriam-Webster offers 41 synonyms for “loony.” My favorite of those are: asinine, kooky, wacky, unwise and zany. I’m interested in the meaning of “loony” because Chad and I recently did the Twin Cities in Motion “Ultra Loony Challenge.” This involved running a 10K and a 5K on Saturday, October 6, and then running the marathon…

In just about every show I’ve been in, the character I’ve played has had some striking lines that are interesting, quirky, funny, moving or wise (or some combination). I’ve often wanted to share these lines in advance of performances, but I’ve worried about giving away too much of the plot or that the lines will…

Today I did my last long training run (3.5 hours, 21.48 miles) for Marathon #3. So many mixed feels. I’m thrilled, relieved, proud, wistful, nervous, sad. This is the 9th such crazy ass run I’ve done since August 2017, in addition to 9 roughly 17 mile runs (2 hr 45 minutes in length). Yeah, I’m…