Saturday, January 17, 2026

2025

2025 was beautiful. There was joy, celebration, and new adventures, but it also came with a lot of transition. 

I've learned that with transition comes grief, which has a heaviness to it, because it holds so much complexity. It holds memories, love, loss, gratefulness, sadness. And, you have to sit with it. Let yourself feel all of those things, so you can move through it, learn from it, allow it to let you grow beyond it, while continuing to cherish what needs to be cherished. It seems to be a process of love, and letting it go to become something new. 

As Vision puts it, "What is grief, if not love persevering." 

And, with grief, if you allow it, comes peace. Presence. Perspective. Moments to be so delighted by the people around you, to revel in the beauty of nature, to deeply feel the warmth of an embrace, to celebrate how far you've come and what you've learned. It's an opportunity for acceptance and abundance, and an invitation, to flourish. 

Friday, January 2, 2026

Fight!

*Warrior. This is a photo of Jean-Michel Basquiat's painting from the exhibit at Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris in 2018.

I've been training in stage combat since 2006 and choreographing/directing in small to mid-level theatres since 2012. I was named a finalist in local award nominations for Outstanding Fight Direction in 2019, and I've had fights reviewed as a highlight of a play in 2022 and 2025. 

Fight work is a gift. It's an opportunity for me to stretch myself, to play, to problem solve, to connect, to create, to watch people grow, and to enhance a story by telling a little, violent, sometimes funny, story within a story -- and, I'm so very grateful that I get to do it!