11/26/25 – Well, Chris, next time just tag me by name and spare the subtext. No need to be subtle when calling a man out of his cave.
Continue readingHip Note No. 5: On Complicated Relationships with “The Outside” (sp?)
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Hip Note #4: The Shelf Life of a Dream
11/9/25 – Let us embrace these open-ended invitations to reinvent ourselves.
Continue readingHip Note #3: Keep the Kid On The Payroll
10/29/25 – The secret to staying creative?
Continue readingLove in the Time of Braille Machines and Hoodies
10/22/2025 – Just my face pokes out the hoodie when Suzanne walks in. A lesser person might roll her eyes and do a U-turn. She doesn’t. She smiles a smile that is deeply non-condescending and devoid of pity, and makes me feel like we’ll get through this thing together.
Continue readingNo Time Limit on Becoming
10/13/2025 – It’s never too late to be whoever you want to be…
Continue readingThe Well That Never Runs Dry
See what Maya has to say when we worry that it’s been too long since we’ve exercised that creativity muscle.
Continue readingAct III Magic
Life, it turns out, is still conspiring to give us little wins if we look for them.
Continue readingAfter the Applause: A Little Love Letter
The show closed. And yes, that’s a little sad. Like finishing a good book or waving goodbye at the airport – one of those soft heartbreaks that’s really just gratitude with nowhere else to go. But let’s not forget: in a world overflowing with unfinished scripts, almost-musicals, and “maybe-next-summers,” The Fork actually opened. Curtain up. Lights on…. Continue reading
Here’s to Beginner’s Luck (the Sequel) and the Quiet Bravery of Starting Anyway
Here’s the wonderful secret: we’re finally allowed to be beginners again. No one expects us to be prodigies at this point. We can take up painting and make clouds that look like cauliflower and call it style.
Continue readingTriple Play of the Heart
“I have an idea,” says younger brother Ken – words that, in our years of working together, are usually followed by the sound of something catching fire or catching flight. If I’ve ever done something bold or strange or creatively ambitious, it’s a safe bet Ken was there with a hammer, a diagram, and a spreadsheet.
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