It's January 8, 2026. The official anniversary of the fires is January 7, but not for me. Me and mine escaped the inferno in the wee hours of the next day, so January 8 is my anniversary. When I was a kid I heard a song called something like "It Never Rains In Southern California." I thought, "Man. How do they live without rain?" Of course it was just a song and the Southland gets plenty of rain in the rainy season. But it's not long before locals start complaining. As in, th

It's December 15, 2025 and Christmas season is in full swing. In the Southland that means clear, sunny skies with temperatures dipping all the way down into the sixties during the day. (It's even colder at night!) Growing up in the Great Pactific Northwest I grew accustomed to wintry white. Not where I lived, in the western GPNW, but on the other side of the mountains. Where my grandparents lived. Snow so thick that sometimes, just sometimes, you couldn't see your hand in fro

I waited to blog this month until after I took part in the No King's March on October 18, 2025. It's October 20, 2025 and some really interesting things happened over the last few days. I've always done my best to live by values that value other people, the ideal that respect and kindness are the true blood of humanity. Powerful doesn't mean strong if that strength is used to subjugate, intimidate and eradicate those different from you. When it comes to group thought and mob

It's a strange sort of thing that getting close to booking a job is a sign of success. What a close - to week I had recently! I...

I've been working like a horse. Not a dog, a horse. Horses are bigger, stronger and have more stamina than dogs and I've been working...

The virus is gone and summer's heating up. It's July 15, 2025. Here in the Southland the Mediterranean heat comes like an old friend...

Walking four or five blocks to the post and back brings winded breathing and droopy eyes. Turning my head is too quick for my vision and...

I have twenty minutes to blog. That may sound like enough given the drivel I pour out like water from a clear jug (why clear? Poetic...

I have an audition for the Pasadena Playhouse tomorrow April 22, 2025. That's pretty much the entirety of my show-biz news since my last...

Good news. (I always like to start with good news if I can). I signed with a wonderful television and film agent early last month. I know...