Twelve months ago in April I started The Eloquent Soul blog! Eleven months ago in May I spent my first Mother’s Day without a mother. Ten months ago in June I donned a Godzilla suit and tortured a baby. Nine months ago in July I directed the play Don Quixote… with a cast of six-year [...]
Category Archives: Risk
Build it like a bird – The Artist’s Purpose
March 4, 2011 – 5:36 pm
A few years ago I was in the Natural History Museum in New York taking a tour with a wise and bespectacled tour guide. At the end of the tour, which had covered a lot of dinosaur bones and evolutionary type exhibits, he posed this question to the group: What differentiates humans from the animals? [...]
A Daring Rescue
February 24, 2011 – 12:48 pm
“Watch out for the dogs!” We were driving through a Beverly Hills neighborhood at night when two mid-size dogs darted into the street. Instantly my rescue mode activated and my invisible Hero unitard, always worn under my street clothes, began to glow red. The dogs both had collars with tags but no owner in sight, [...]
Humans Gone Wild
December 28, 2010 – 7:58 am
I am watching a helicopter circle in the night sky. It is hypnotizing to see it maintain its pattern, unwavering in its persistence. It is a Police helicopter and they are looking to catch someone. I am equally split between “Go get em boys!” and “I hope he gets away”. Of course this is happening [...]
The Raging River of Trust
November 7, 2010 – 2:58 pm
One day, when I was 17, my best friend Sabrina and I went on an adventure to a river that I had never visited before. It was one of those areas in Austin that you just had to know about. A bunch of cars pulled off onto the shoulder of the highway, a walk through [...]
Practically Panicked in Every Way
October 26, 2010 – 4:30 pm
A past Hand Analysis student and friend, we will call her Juniper, recently asked me to write about Panic since she is having some lately. I liked this idea so I hereby officially open myself up to taking blog post requests and would like to dedicate this post to Juniper. When Juniper started taking our [...]
There is a murderer in these woods!
September 27, 2010 – 9:44 am
Last week I took a friend to hike in the woods near my house which happen to be right in the middle of Los Angeles. She was in town from Philadelphia and really wanted to see some nature so we headed up the wild trail and quickly encountered a few people on their way down. [...]
Oh, so HERE is where the fear starts!
June 22, 2010 – 6:32 pm
Sometimes I like to climb things or walk on ledges that are way up high. I don’t consider myself a daredevil but once in a while I will put on my Evil Knievel pants and try to do something that is technically… not that smart. (these are metaphorical pants, by the way, and [...]
68 Years of HOTness
June 17, 2010 – 10:34 am
As I wrote in my last post I just returned from a women’s astrology retreat led by my dear friend Heidi. It was awesome and amazing on many different levels but there was one quite unexpected one I wanted to tell you about. Her name is Karen, she is 68 years old and 6 weeks [...]
Fortune favors the SILLY
June 10, 2010 – 7:47 am
Last weekend I had the opportunity to drive up to a fantastic women’s retreat being lead by a dear friend Heidi. It was about a five-hour drive up into the mountains of northern california and fortunately another dear friend Erin was driving with me. And as if that wasn’t good enough, it was her birthday! [...]
