I'm traveling for work this week. I'm staying in a hotel. I get to have a whole bed to myself. I have a bed to myself. I'm not kept awake by my husband's snoring. I don't have to deal with one (or both) of my children whining to sleep in my bed only to reward … Continue reading A bed to myself
Listing Beyond Forty
My husband says I have too many hobbies. One of my favorites is playwriting. I’ve been involved in theatre since I was a kid. For 25 years, most of my time in theatre was as an actor with occasional credits as a producer, director and choreographer. But when I went back to graduate school, I … Continue reading Why an IT auditor is like a playwright
Dirty Harry was baking a cake. It was another cop's birthday, and there weren't any bad guys around for Harry to shoot that day. Why not bake a delicious cake? He followed the recipe carefully. He mixed the sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla. He started measuring the dry ingredients. He poured in the flour. Next … Continue reading Go ahead, make my birthday cake
Dear cyclists, I apologize on behalf of some of my fellow pedestrians. You probably thought it would be great having a protected bike lane to keep bicycle traffic better separated from automobile traffic. Unfortunately, now cyclists have to worry about another hazard: Oblivious fussgängers wandering into their bike lanes. As a pedestrian myself I see … Continue reading Bike lanes are not for pedestrians
Duquesne University, my undergraduate alma mater, is getting a new theatre. I'm thrilled for the students and community members who will get to enjoy the new black box theatre, but I'm sad that the era of the Peter Mills Theatre is coming to an end. For all that space's quirks (and there were many), it … Continue reading In my old school: Memories of my college theatre
Kim Z. Dale 