Early in 2019 I chose the title “Winds of Change” for my next blog. The illustrative jpeg from our trip to New Zealand in January of that year with title attached has beckoned me from my desktop for a ghostly 2 years. I have been in the ongoing midst of the greatest transitions of my life.  In 2016 and 2017 my daughters were married.  My father passed away in August of 2017.  In 2018 we learned that my oldest daughter was pregnant with our first grandchild who blessed our family in April the following year.  Throughout all, I grappled constantly with the choice to move completely on from a fulfilling 40-year career as an actress and model in Los Angeles.  I had always assumed I would work in some compacity well into senior years if I was able and the calls continued.  The calls, however, dwindled as did my desire to[read full post]

Every Halloween I brush off my little Ultra low budget sci-fi satire INVASION OF THE MONEY SNATCHERS.  In 2011 I had an idea for a short film.  I had dabbled in network marketing many times in my life actually immersing myself for two years in one of the bigger companies.  I enjoyed the products and the camraderie, but I absolutely hated what it was doing to my personal life.  I was one of those driven people who could not turn the prospecting off.  Every person I met was a potential customer or partner in my network.  I ate, slept, and breathed my business.  It was an obsession that made me feel like someone had invaded my body and taken over my personality like a character in the cult horror film INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS. I began noticing that our entire world was caught up in a trap of mass marketing[read full post]

My screenplay PERCEPTIONS is officially in pre-production as of 2018 I have a director and the beginning of my production team. Making progress! FINALIST Acclaim Scripts 2016 SEMI FINALIST 2017 International Family and Faith Screenwriting Competition QUARTERFINALIST Cinequest Screenplay Contest 2016 QUARTERFINALIST Scriptapalooza Screenplay Contest 2016 OFFICIAL SELECTION Faith & Family Script Showcase  OFFICIAL SELECTION Kingdomwood International Film Festival 2017   SaveSave[read full post]

photo by Danelle Bohane Photography  My oldest daughter was married in July of 2016. My youngest was married last year in May.  Cumulatively we spent two full years of great joy and celebration preparing for the separate events.  There were parties, showers, shopping, and general anticipation of the days.  The only euphoria that came close was the day each of my girls were born.  I birthed them.  My husband and I raised them, and we released them to their new lives with husbands we adore. Life overflowed.  Then the scale tipped, as it so often does.  My elderly father left this world in August three months after the May wedding.  My elation melted into grief. I wrote my most recent blog about the many blessings in my experience those two weeks in Virginia as Daddy took his permanent leave.  It was an incredibly sad and confusing time, but not without gifts I’ll[read full post]

My favorite photo of Daddy and me taken in the 90's My sweet Daddy passed away Wednesday August 9th 2017. He went peacefully with no trauma. The Lord chose to take him one day before my flight home to Los Angeles. Daddy knew it was to be my last day. He told me how happy he was that I had come to visit and our last words to one another were “I love you”, accompanied by our traditional good night kiss. I had a full two weeks to say everything I needed to say and we had a wonderful time together. I’m thankful he went no sooner and no later. He was ready to go. I had asked him if he was and he said yes, but that it was up to God. The timing was perfect and God’s hands were all over the entire experience. The day before Daddy died he rallied[read full post]