Julian reads on channel seven www.wsvn.com

http://www.wsvn.com/features/articles/parent/MI93506/javascript-playvideo-6407921-reading-with-your-kids-v-news-/

check it out...hes pretty great....love that boy i tell ya.

Back From NYC....Musings et. al

Went to NYC....froze my ass off...didnt see most people I wanted to see but i DID see 7 shows and have 2 great agency leads.

I just submitted this essay for the 305 flash  http://www.miamiherald.com/southfloridaflash/ Essay/wrting contest:

My son climbs out of bed and stomps his way towards the bathroom. The sun is shining so brightly he can barely open his eyes. This is Florida. I already know what he wants. Orange juice and a morning snack before he heads out into the innocent world of kindergarten.  The sun is shining and we head out the door  after a discussion about where the oranges in his juice came from. We talk about the workers that who spent the day outside in the heat of the orchards with no relief from the heat picking oranges to help make his juice so special. We discuss the fact that they have to share floor space with many other people at the end of a long day that begins when the sun rises and ends only when it finally sets.  We contemplate what its like not to have a nice cozy bed to sleep in and air-conditioning whenever we want it.  We sit in our car and travel comfortably to his school.  This is Florida.  He looks up at the sky and says “Do you think the people who picked my oranges see the same sky?”  “Yes baby.” I say, knowing in my heart the sky they see is just a bit different.  His sky is blue and full of warmth and promise, while theirs is harsh, hot, unrelenting –yet it’s full of promise.  His is the promise of a fun day at the playground, theirs the opportunity to pick as much as they can while the weather holds up so that they can earn money for their families, both here and back at “home”.  They too have children the same age as mine who look up see the same sky as my son. It’s blue, warm and full of promise. This is Florida.

Halloween was yesterday...seemed weird and strange this year....maybe the change of venue was a bit much for me....used to being with he Duncans but halloween was on a monday this year and with school etc. getting there (Davie) and back (Miami) in a resonable time would have been a logisticical nightmare.....i am posting a halloween pic from our michael jackson addicted monkey....i was 1984 and adam was crockett from miami vice...totally tubbless...id live to hear any comments on the essay and hope you enjoy the halloween silliness.

REALLY OVER A YEAR?

So it looks like my feeble attempt to blog last year was what i would call an absolute failure.....i will be more up on it now that i have time on my hands....the latest....jules is in kindergarten and i am in the throes of actor unemployment which right now i think is a blessing in disguise....i really havent stopped working for the last few years and although i am extremely fortunate because of that i really have not had any time for self care or rest of any kind....as a mom you dont get much time for that anyway but to really go out of your way to try to good to yourself when you work a 16 hour day just doesnt happen....adam is working his job is insane but at least he is employed...thank goodness considering the crappy conditions out there...we lost his dad this past year and that was a huge blow to all of us...we miss him mucho.  its is the new year yet again and we have just begun it with a bang....julian is reading and is the most eager and stubborn kid around....i cannot imagine where he gets it from ;)  more to come this week....hoping for goodness for everyone out there....mucahs smoochas....d