Yearend episode 2021
Here we are at the end of 2021. Another year of the pandemic. When this pandemic started, it was a time to reflect. Reflect, I did and now in the second year–I’d like it to end. I’ve been vaccinated and boosted and, to be honest, I don’t want any more vaccinations, but it’s not about me—it’s about those around me. I want the pandemic to end.
These last two years have been a challenging and trying time. I had a friend die this year of covid. I’ve had a scare with my elderly parents and I’m grateful they’re okay. I feel blessed that everyone and I are healthy. I was hoping the pandemic would have ended with herd immunity, but we never got to the 70% vaccinated to have that occur. I wish I had an answer to what is happening; I don’t think anyone knows.
My year in review.
I started a second podcast called Chica and the Man with podcaster and friend Alex Greenwood of the Mysterious Goings On podcast. It’s so much fun to just talk about anything that comes to mind. The subtitle of Chica and the Man is As Unscripted as it Gets. It’s different from the Poetic Resurrection podcast. Doing this podcast has been slow in editing as my computer crashed and it’s taken me about a month to retrieve my information. I was shocked but can’t complain the computer lasted seven years.
I’m on vacation now and I’m working on my fourth book—Inspire Me: In Time of Need, still. I have a new editor; Ruben Rodriguez and I’m looking forward to the release—early next year. Fingers crossed. I love writing poetry and the last two years have put a slight halt in writing. I guess the pandemic has affected me more than I thought. So many deaths, sending blessings to families for your healing. The dichotomy of this nation and others. This is a world healing time and even though we would like to get back to normal, what is normal anymore?
I’m an avid researcher. I feel exhilarated when I learn a new concept, belief, or skill, and yet I’m exhausted this year. I used to feel I knew what I wanted and now it’s all in question. Do I want to continue acting? I love being on the set, so if it comes up, I’ll be happy to do it. I had two photoshoots this year. One was headshots with Mark Atteberry, which I also use for my podcast, and the other was an artsy shoot with Ken Sawyer. I had a great time doing both. I booked a print job and have auditioned for many shows.
Poetry, another passion of mine since childhood, still exists but it’s changed what I want to write. I’ve gone from writing about acceptance and life to a surreal style. A style I find challenging to write since the reader needs to visualize and understand it.
The Poetic Resurrection Podcast has reached over fifty episodes and has over 1500 downloads and as Alex Greenwood informed me, that’s fantastic for a podcast without an advertising budget. I’m on season three of the podcast and I want to say thank you to all the guests for honoring me with your presence and knowledge.
I meditate every day and decided to become a teacher on the Insight Timer app I have talks and meditations.
The poem for this week is Love and Blessings, recorded in 2020 and is available to see and hear on YouTube. It’s from my upcoming book Inspire Me: In Time of Need.
When thoughts
Overwhelm your being
Send love
When worrying about the family
And wanting to care for them
Send love
When sleep evades
When thoughts repeat
Send love
When finances diminish
And needs remain unmet
Send love
When feeling defeated
When feeling alone
Send love
When feeling fear
That life isn’t fair
Send love
Sending love
Doesn’t cost anything
Sending love
Brings us to the present
Happy New Year–love and blessings.
In the meantime, check out my other poetry books here.
Music by: Bensound.com
Song: Love
It’s been over a month since I posted. Not because I didn’t want to but because my desktop computer crashed. As an actor, your videos, pictures, and social media posts are so important. Gratefully, I have cloud backup and a laptop to download my media. It takes time and can be frustrating, but at least I have a way of retrieving my information. I’ve decided to upload all my new photos to this site (coming soon).
This week I had an in-person audition. It was great to get out and go to a casting office. While I was waiting to see the casting director. He came out and informed his assistant how rude the previous actor was in the room. I was surprised by this. I’ve never heard someone be rude in the room. Most of the time actors are doing everything they can think of to be friendly since they want the job and want to show they’re easy to work with. My advice to anyone – actor or not is to be kind. Your situation is your situation. Yes, we all have bad days but an audition is a job interview. Being rude at a job interview isn’t going to get you the job. Take a deep breath and smile before entering the room.
Lately, I haven’t posted too much about acting since it’s continuous self-tapings. I actually had an in-person audition this week. It was fun. I forgot what it was like to interact with other actors. The drive to the audition is always a challenge in Los Angeles. Friday during rush hour is one of the worse times if not the worse time to have to drive. I was amazed I got there in 35 minutes, not so going home – 75 minutes home.
I watched an entire season of Ram Dass teachings and all the quotes this week are his.
As promised from last week’s post. Here’s a second picture from the photoshoot. This is impromptu. Again, thanks Ken for the picture. I’ll be updating my gallery section soon. In the meantime, 
This week I had a surreal photoshoot with Ken Sawyer a theater director and photographer. We had fun and we’re both into surrealism and unique photos and art. We shot for hours. I’ll post more as I go along. This picture is for a poem I wrote Ray of Light which will be in my upcoming book entitled Inspire Me: In Time of Need. 
Guess it’s not fair to say that it’s a good week because almost every week for me is a good week. Depends on your perceptions and beliefs. I’m grateful for everything in my life. Family, friends, great health, and love for our environment and planet. Self-taping, being interviewed for my perspectives and poetry is humbling. So this week and all weeks have been good. Not much to discuss on self-tapings because you’re not to post your auditions. Thank you for checking in this week and wishing everyone a good week. Blessings.