Back in the days of ole Sarah Lawrence Grad school, my immediate writing hero was Jennifer Mattern (now Lane). It was very easy. She had me at the play she wrote called “Just Resting” about a mom and a daughter at a flea market, selling their wares, while the father/husband sat there in a coma like state the whole play. Yes! A real guy played said character and no, he had no lines. It was AWESOME! More awesome plays followed. The last one I saw here in LA with my other dear friend Kristin Kahle (yes–THE belt wizard) and it was like visiting home.

And then her then boyfriend (now husband) directed the BEST version of Chekhov’s “The Seagulls” that I’ve ever seen (even if my date back then hated Chekhov–an obvious flag). You see, he made us move our seats in closer and closer with every act and towards the end, we, actors and audience, FELT the claustrophobia of life and our inability to avoid it. Cheers to you, David Lane.

Now the Lanes are living my dream life in the Berkshires with two GORGEOUS KIDS and creativity so prevalent that they don’t even realize it oozes out of them across the internet and up into the sky!

Please help me reward good people in this world (do we do that often anymore? Say “thanks” to people who deserve it? I’ve got a new mission…) Vote for Jenn’s fantastic blog, Breed ‘Em and Weep, for the Weblog Awards. It’s small but it’s big, you know?

I mean how could you turn down this request:

Hi lovely folk. The last thing I won were a pair of tickets to see Hall & Oates in 1987. If you could vote for me daily for the next week, I may be able to top that. I’m nominated for Best Parenting Blog for the 2006 Weblog Awards. Please vote and make me forget Hall & Oates! Links below (the blog has moved):

http://2006.weblogawards.org/2006/12/best_parenting_blog.php

OR

http://www.breedemandweep.com/?p=18

Bless you!

xoxox
jenn