The Arc of the Question MarkHe whispered in my ear at the first dress rehearsal. "Act short. Those heels make you too tall." It was 1979, and I had the great good fortune to be cast opposite Fannie Flagg and Susan Flannery, with the fabulously beautiful Nicky Cortland as my love interest, my first on-stage…
Happy Birthday to MeWhen she was a young starving actress, Barbra Streisand would sit at a bar in Greenwich Village and wait for somebody to offer to buy her a drink. “I’d rather have a baked potato,” she’d tell them. (Can’t you just hear her saying that?) I bet there are at least 100 of you who, if…
What’s up with that Green Chair?I exited the corporate world in 2006 and opened a real estate brokerage in Galveston, Texas. On September 13, 2008, we were wiped out by Hurricane Ike. I spent the next two-plus years recovering. Part of that process was coaching my agents through the chaos and change the storm…
The Green Chair by Alice Melott
The Green Chair by Alice Melott
The Green Chair by Alice Melott
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The Green Chair by Alice Melott
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