I was sitting on the bench with the sculpture of Homeless Jesus in front of St. John’s Hospice, back at my old stomping grounds on Race Street in Center City Philadelphia. I was waiting to serve the lunch crowd at the hospice, finally getting to a pandemic postponed “first” from 2020. I had been cleared …
Every Thursday for the last year I have spent the day with my two-and-a-half year old Professor – my first grandson. My Professor, whose name is Luke, is teaching this reformed work-acholic the true meaning of life. I get to see the world once again for the first time through his-eyes. Class is once a …
Last Sunday I stood on a stage in Ambler, PA. in a Pink Tutu to deliver my FIRST stand-up comedy routine. I had learned so much, had so much fun and stretched myself as a person in living life in my Leap Year of Firsts in 2020. I wanted to provide my audience with a …
I received a phone call this week from a friend who was struggling. He was in a “dark place.” Someone very close to him had betrayed and hurt him many years ago. He had locked this hurt, resentment, sadness and anger away. This was until a recent unrelated occurrence triggered the reminder of this betrayal, …
Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think that I’d be working on a standup comedy routine to perform LIVE on stage for the first time in my life. That is what I currently find myself doing. I’m three classes in on a five class standup comedy education that culminates with me “graduating” on-stage …
