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Hi friends! You may have seen on Instagram that I was bitten by a copperhead snake on Friday night and spent all day yesterday in the ICU. This is a courtesy email to confirm that we are STILL having the Artist's Salon tonight as planned. This isn't because I'm such a badass, it's because I have support. And that's what this salon is- support. Let's keep showing up for ourselves and each other. Thank you in advance for being gracious about whatever level of floopy I might be due to...

Good people of the Internet, Welcome to July! How we holding up? From my inside world: My slow-work June did not feel all that slow (I did premiere 30 minutes of a one-woman show on the 20th), so I've decided to extend it a couple of days. I'm heading to Edisto to claim some moments of beach time and creek time, and to watch the oysters spit at low tide. Self-employed life means there is no promise of security whatsoever, but it is a price I will gladly continue to pay for the chance to...

Hi local friends, If you're getting this email, you're on the small section of my list reserved for those local to the region. I hope summer is treating you well and vice versa- Short and sweet email today, I just wanted to let you know that the Charleston Artists Salon is scheduled for July 6th, 2025 at Arc Take 2 Studios! The time is 5-7pm as usual. I hope to see you there! I've seen first hand and very clearly how powerful it is to sit in a room with a couple of other likeminded souls, and...

Good morning friends of the internet, and THANK YOU so much for being here! I'm 43 today! "Congratulations to you for continuing to remain alive" as Manflesh likes to say. I'll mostly be doing this: self portrait from 41 (43 hasn't happened yet, and 42 I had covid ugh) Something for me: Every year on my birthday I have a request for you, the people that read these words, some of you have been with me for years and this small list is one of my most treasured sources of wisdom. It's the one...

Good people of the internet! June is here! It's fricken JUNE Y'ALL! I wait all year for this month, when the sunlight is actually green at my house because all the live oak trees have leafed out, just a wall of green outside of every window. It's my birthday month (more on this soon) and it's WARM. I'm WARM AGAIN. Ugh I love summer so much. The fecund swampland around me is buzzing with life. I've taken two naps in a hammock in the past two days, and I don't even like naps. But I like hammock...

Good morning, Glories, and happy Bealtaine! And if you don't know what that is, happy May! FINALLY the warmth is returning to the northern hemisphere. I check the earth daily to see what's poking up from a long slumber, and if that sounds boring, it's not (to me). If you are curious what Bealtaine is and want even more functional woo in your life, you can listen to the podcast I recorded about it here (20 minute listen). If you're new here (heeeeey!) I use this monthly shout out as a place to...

Dear wonderful weird people I share an immediate region with, This is just a courtesy reminder that the next Charleston Artists Salon is Sunday! Please share with any of your peeps that could use some creative community. When: Sunday, April 13th from 5-7pm Where: The Carmody Home, 43 Lolandra Avenue, Charleston SC, 29407 What: There is room for 4 more people to present, at about 15 minutes each. If you'd like to snag a place to present, just reply here to me. It can be incredibly informal....

Good morning, Glories, and happy April! If you're here for the functional Woo, you'll find it at the bottom of this email. Otherwise, grab yourself a beverage and stay awhile. I use this monthly newsletter not only to dish out the functional woo, but to sum up everything in case you missed it from the pockets of the internet I inhabit. Some haps: Things to know! If you're local to the Charleston SC area, the next artist's salon is going to be held next Sunday, here's a cute little graphic to...

I want to let you in on something I desperately wish someone had told me when I was at the beginning of my career. It's going to change. It should. The things you want now, you likely won't want them forever. Either because you did them already, or because they quietly slunk away due to misuse. I did not know this. I had an idea for how my career was supposed to look, and any aberration from that ideal seemed like a personal indignity. In retrospect, every single bit of it was necessary. This...

I'm going live on the gram today at 1pm to answer some of my FAQ's about The Audacity Project, but I wanted to answer them here too- because I believe in transparency. You have the questions, I have answers! I only want these emails to reach people who will enjoy them- if you don't want to get emails about The Audacity Project, but you still want to be on my list, just click here. No harm, no foul. Keeping it real- one question at a time: Wait how much is this program again? The Audacity...