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← → acting=life: breathe 15 Mar '09 So much of what I do know about acting and directing I learned along the way: picking up the bits and pieces as I went.  I have been lucky enough to be around people who have many of those pieces to share.  As a rule my training has…

← → focused 5 Mar '09 So last night I was part of a marketing research group.  You know, a focus group. A long time ago I got put into a database for such things, and they call every once in a while to see if I want to take part in some study or…

← → prison choir 25 Feb '09 So I got on ye olde blog here this morning because I was thinking it’s really been sort of a long time since I’ve posted and I realized, it hasn’t just been a long time, it’s been a month. A MONTH. What can I say?  It’s February.  Blech.…

← → © 2008 Sarabeth Jones. All rights reserved. at the heart of it {design: brochure} 29 Nov '08 I got to design a new booklet for church recently – quite the process, trying to capture the wonder of an entire complex, flawed, beautiful family in just a few small pages. On the other hand,…

← → hunger 21 Sep '08 If you could have set up camp inside my brain week before last (now THERE’S an appealing offer) you would have heard, around the tiny little pretend campfire, my thoughts chasing each other around in skittish little circles. Little circles that seemed to inevitably lead back to thoughts of…

← → © 2008 Sarabeth Jones. All rights reserved. this one goes to eleven 1 Aug '08 So, a couple of weeks ago, it was Elizabeth’s birthday.  And, we used the magic man’s connection to take some buddies to Magic Springs. I’ve been meaning to tell you about it ever since. My faithful friends Rhonda…

← → hello to hyatt 28 Jul '08 I sat toward the back of the auditorium, a full 3 rows between me and the next actual human being. It was only about a quarter full, anyway, having been used for larger sessions earlier in the day, and now was my destination for a smaller class.…

← → acting = life: don't be scared 27 Jun '08 One of the things I love most about acting – about continuing to learn acting – is all the really weird exercises you get to do. Pretend you are a tree. Take the first breath ever taken by any human being on earth. Explore.…

← → gifts 14 Jun '08 THIRTY-SEVEN. I know that in the overarching scheme of things, thirty-seven is not a huge number. I know that, as it relates to birthdays, that it doesn’t mean I’m ancient. Also in relation to birthdays, I am relatively low-key. I’m not one of those people who announces that my…

← → scenes of a life 26 Feb '08 Yes, I’m a cliché. I love the Oscars. But it’s not what you think. Yes, I love the dresses. Yes, I love seeing my favorite actors, the self-referential humor, the parodies. Yes, I love imagining being there myself. But what I really love about the Oscars,…