When I was 30 I was in a production of The Dresser by Ronald Harwood. Actually, before that I was in a production of The Dresser when I was 21. The first time I played Irene, a young aspiring actress. But this is a story about my second production, when I played Madge, the lead character's … Continue reading I thought I’d have a lot more wrinkles by now
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I am writing this in the air. I'm on my second flight today still trying to make it home after yesterday's flight cancellation. I am very happy to be in the air. We spent half an hour sitting on the tarmac with our engines off due to weather delays. I was afraid I was going to … Continue reading The mysterious disappearance of the woman in seat 26B
It was the day I was supposed to fly back home from Philadelphia where I had been for work. At first, everything seemed to be looking up. I was given TSA Pre on my boarding pass, so I was able to breeze through security without so much as taking off my shoes. I was supposed to depart … Continue reading Stages of grief of my flight getting canceled
June 10th was the 10th anniversary of my moving to Chicago. I meant to write about this milestone earlier, but the weeks of this summer have slipped away as quickly as the years of my Chicago tenure. It doesn't feel like ten years, but there is much evidence convincing me this is true. I now have … Continue reading Celebrating my first 10 years in Chicago
I try to be optimistic. I try to assume that things will be turn out okay. I even tried to believe that when Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. I knew there would be bad things that would happen, but I felt that we as a society would survive it. But every … Continue reading Please don’t let the bad of society overshadow the good
Kim Z. Dale 