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Let's Play Risk

A couple of months ago I recognized that I had been living in a comfort zone.  A place that was always warm and fuzzy and welcomed me home with a stiff drink and pantouffles.  I remember making a conscious decision that it was time to take some risks and set myself up for potential failure and it has paid off.  I still have my slippers though, and dang are they nice to have on my feet in the winter. Taking risks is always scary.  Always.  Whether it's booking a show that you're totally unprepared for, choosing peace over anger, or asking a lovely person out, it's never easy.  But at least we do these things, because we want to progress.  We want to take a step toward the next beautiful moment that we will be able to create or study or love, and isn't it worth the fear? I'm doing a solo show in the Fringe. I'm co-producing a festival in the Fall.  What? I came very close to interviewing Kate McKinnon. I WILL HANG OUT WITH KYLE MOONEY ONE DAY.  But that&

James Did Good.

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It's the little moments from these past few days that will stay with me.  The glimpses I caught as I was surrounded by so many people gathered together for one purpose: to mourn and grieve the loss of James Bidgood. The 6 kids of varying ages and families chasing each other through the crowd at the Town Hall reception as the grown-ups talked.  The candles sitting in sand on the drink table, the mother consoling her crying daughter, the moose and deer mural on the stage, the beards, the juice boxes. I'll remember the 3 little girls who had their hair braided to match each other, and how it made 2 of those 3 feel connected to the one who just lost her father. I'll remember the stories recounted of 10 year old buddies who went camping with relish sandwiches and saw the Northern lights together for the first time. I'll remember stopping into the Community Care center to find out its second-hand clothing is half off every last 3 days of the month, just to be extra he