One Day at a Time star Bonnie Franklin’s  recent death at 69 and Rhoda’s Valerie Harper’s impending one at 73 have thrown me into a tizzy.

Awhile back, when my friends started bemoaning turning 40, my common retort to them was: “Hey, you’ve got two options…y… Read full post »

If, in Quentin Tarantino’s new cinematic indictment of slavery, Jamie Foxx’s quest to rescue and reunite with his wife (who has been sold off to another plantation as punishment for the two of them trying to escape) is an amplification of the Prince Charming myth, most black women will te… Read full post »

       After committing to making my move from LA to NYC a permanent one, I blogged about my run-in with a pothole this summer that broke my foot in three places and sidelined me for five months.

        There's an old saying that "an idle mind is… Read full post »

Previously, they had thought that…

The Cosby Show signaled the end of it…the deification of Oprah signaled the end of it…Vanessa Williams chosen to be the first black Miss America signaled the end of it…Halle Berry winning an Academy Award signaled the end of it.  An… Read full post »

My left foot recently found its way into a scooped-out section of a Brooklyn crosswalk resulting in what is known as a Jones Fracture – which can be a career-killer for professional dancers and athletes.  Fortunately, I am neither…just an actress-writer-comedienne.  Oc… Read full post »

If they legislate,

prepare to masturbate.

So think about it baby...won'tcha please? 

You'll be a Jack with no Jill

if I can't… Read full post »

Don Cheadle's new showtime comedy, House of Lies is aggressively raunchy but also agressively funny in  its indictment of the "One Percent."

Saw the promos and was hoping to like it.  Five minutes into the first episode, I thought: "ugh...I hate it!"  But I watched it all the way… Read full post »

Leaving for NC to visit the g-kids next week and then on to NYC to do some pre-production on M.O.I.S.T.!  --  and since NYC is the stand-up comedy capitol of the world, I'll be working on that, as well...with lotsa new material! 

Also working on a two-month deadline to finish the… Read full post »

Here I am with my stand-up comedy crew performing at Chicago's Lincoln Lodge.  Click on the photo to catch my 5-minute set...which will also explain the title of this blog entry! 

LL is a very popular comedy club...click on the link below to see what SNL cast member also recently/… Read full post »

 In Today's Headlines:  "Physicist Stephen Hawing Rejects Heaven or Afterlife as a Fairy Tale"

Story..."http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/05/cosmologist-stephen-hawking-rejects-heaven-or-afterlife-as-a-fairy-story/1  

So many of the news articles and posts  in the blogosphere since ABC’s decision to cancel All My Children and One Life to Live have referenced the O.J. Simpson trial as signaling the end of the era of the soap opera that I feel compelled to comment -- from the perspective… Read full post »

_{THE PLACE BEYOND*}

^{_{The Place Beyond is not like any other place you know.}}

^{_{It's not a road of yellow bricks, it's not a wondrous rabbit hole.}}

^{_{The Place beyond is where you come to find your truest heart.}}

^{_{A journey to the truth of you...and love is where}}… Read full post »

Mother's Day is less than two weeks away, so as a special public service, I'm gonna help you fellas out...listen and learn from the advice Iona and I shared with this husband who came to see our show and had concerns about how he could "keep mama happy!"  Btw, we finished… Read full post »

I was very moved by a by CLMMcKeller's "The Death of a Career" post about the dark-night- of-the-soul she's going through over (the lack of ) her career as a writer. (Click here and check her out, she's a good writer!)

I haven't posted in my blog for awhile, being busy… Read full post »

I read/performed the following essay last night at Wendy Hammer’s monthly “literary salon.”  The night’s topic was “VINTAGE: WOMEN WHO GET BETTER WITH AGE.” 

SEX AND THE SEASONED WOMAN  

When I began to experience the “ear… Read full post »

Much-married character to hook up with younger man on ‘All My Children’

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