Cashing in Living in America, you get used to the optimization of the commercial opportunities at the local tourist attractions….

Each session I’ve attended Pop Physique it’s the same — I pliè, dip and tuck until my calves quiver and collapse in defeat, and wonder if I’ll ever get the flexibility to kiss my own ankles. Maybe if I’d made a different set of decisions at 7, I’d be one step closer to dancing The Nutcracker Suite.

Not only did Touche enhance his plot and dialogue with the skills of a professional storyteller, he played to role of a very vocal grammar and spellchecker!

England is synonymous with rain.  It’s the reason I left.  That – and the cold.  Living in LA is appealing…

Week Four of Young Storytellers On week two I was “won” in a notebook raffle, and this week I nearly…

One of life’s mysteries of being an Expat in America, is the fervant celebration of St. Patrick’s Day!  On March 17th every…

Week Three of Young Storytellers When I arrived at school for week 3 – Touche was outside the principals office. …

Week Two of Storytellers This week we were assigned to a mentee by way of a Notebook Raffle.  Our names…

The session ended with the creation of a contract, that we all signed. There was a selection of pens. I signed with orange ink – well it is my favourite colour. I should have had my lawyer read the contract first, apparently I’ve agreed to do the chicken dance if I’m late to the weekly session.

Young Storytellers is a 9 weeks as a script writing mentor — to a 5th grader! So for 1 hour, 1 lunchtime a week I’ll be helping a kid live his or her Hollywood dream.

I had an out-of-state experience yesterday. I spent 2 years living in Manhattan, and have many vivid memories of my early days…

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