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Friday, April 6, 2012 4:13:24 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Moving ... to wordpress.com:
Sandra said, "For a few reasons, I am starting a new blog on WordPress. Please book mark me at http://redcrested.wordpress.com/ and come visit me over there. One of the main reasons is that I will be able to guest blog and have guests on my blog easily via..." more
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 11:32:50 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled THE STARS ARE OUR ANCESTORS: A Table Reading:
Sandra said, "Had a table reading of my newest full length play last night. I belong to PDX Playwrights group which meets twice a month to read new plays by its members. The reads are cold, and parts are handed out on the spot to whomever is available at the..." more
Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:49:28 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled THE ILLUSTRIOUS CLIENT:
Sandra said, "All that reading and re-reading of THE HOUNDING as I revised and edited it, not only led me to fall back in love with Shirley Combs and Dr. Mary Watson and the original story, but it made me downright itchy to write the next adventure in the series...." more
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 2:22:53 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled The Hounding, Second Edition:
Sandra said, "My friend the filmmaker, Gabriel Darling, is at work on a teaser/trailer for the new edition of "The Hounding" but it is already up on amazon.com if you want to go buy it and read it. (If you click on the title above, it will take you straight to..." more
Monday, March 12, 2012 2:02:07 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Video is up: Singer Clashes with Cougar:
Sandra said, "Everyone did a brilliant job, and now you can see for yourself. I'm so pleased with everyone's work, the production crew, director, the actors were just brilliant ... they make me look good. Please feel free to leave any comments here, or at..." more
Monday, March 5, 2012 1:42:19 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Performance last night SINGER CLASHES WITH COUGAR:
Sandra said, "Brilliant. My first full production in *ahem* let's just say awhile. Readings, yes. FULL productions, harder to come by. The SINGER set was so simple it contained only one black chair. Three actors, one mask, and the props were a guitar, a guitar..." more
Saturday, March 3, 2012 3:48:29 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Rehearsal today, Performance tomorrow! SINGER CLASHES WITH COUGAR:
Sandra said, "Will finally see a rehearsal today. The first rehearsal, I was stricken by a horrible migraine, the first one I'd had in 6 weeks, and it lasted for 3 days. Last week, I wasn't planning to go, and didn't. So, today's the day! They are now rehearsed,..." more
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:46:09 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Planning a relaunch: The Hounding:
Sandra said, "I did get a tweet from one designer about possibly designing a cover for my mystery. I decided to use my own photo and go ahead with what I have on hand, at least for now. Money is the issue, or at least an issue. Another is that I want to get this..." more
Friday, February 17, 2012 7:29:05 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Editing my own work:
Sandra said, "Today I spent the day inputting all the changes I so painstakingly made by hand awhile back to my mystery novel. I am eager to get these changes made on computer, and finally online so I can relaunch my ebook. I am always an early adopter of new..." more
Thursday, February 16, 2012 3:05:04 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled An Irish unicorn:
Sandra said, "This is a photo from one of my favorite trips. Five years ago this coming May, I spent three weeks in Dublin visiting my artist friend KathyHerbert.ie (please check out her gallery). We did the largest women's athletic event in the world: an annual..." more
Thursday, February 16, 2012 3:49:05 AM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Chime: A new play is born:
Sandra said, "It has been head down, butt in the chair for the past couple of weeks as I wrapped up the first draft of my first full length play of the new year: "The Stars Are Our Ancestors." Along the way, I also lost one of my best friends. RIP Ginny Foster...." more
Friday, February 3, 2012 2:55:19 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled My first time ...:
Sandra said, "So guess what happened to me last night? I got stuck in an elevator! With NINE other people. I went to a writing workshop, and afterward, got on the elevator which was already crowded, and then 3 more people got on after I did, the door shut, the..." more
Thursday, February 2, 2012 6:53:22 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Busy, busy, busy -- writing!:
Sandra said, "I procrastinated for one day, then dove in to my writing projects so hard I forgot to come up long enough to blog about them. I completed revising "Asylum No More" for the umpteenth time, but this time after seeing it performed before live..." more
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 5:55:21 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Procrastination Day:
Sandra said, "I am normally an organized person, right on top of things. I outline my plays, have to-do lists, keep a list of movies I plan to see, make my bed as soon as I get out of it in the morning. If you've checked your calendar, you'll note that National..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:45:09 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Step Eight on the Eightfold Path:
Sandra said, "8. Right ConcentrationThe eighth principle of the path, right concentration, refers to the development of a mental force that occurs in natural consciousness, although at a relatively low level of intensity, namely concentration. Concentration in..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:45:09 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Starting a New Play as the Old Year passes:
Sandra said, "Just a quick note before the year ends. I might have time to write more tomorrow, but in case I don't... I'm outlining a new play. My title is The Stars Are Our Ancestors. It's my first science play. Might be my last, but I hope not...." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:45:09 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled First Day 2012:
Sandra said, "The day is nearly over, and so is the life of my 94 year old mother. I just received an email from my sister that Mom has stopped taking in anything, is doing nothing but resting now. They think it may be a matter of hours before she slips away. Sis..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:45:09 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled RIP Helen B. Phelps 07/06/1917 to 01/05/2012:
Sandra said, "Phelps, Helen B. 94 July 6, 1917 January 5, 2012 Helen B. Phelps died peacefully in her sleep. She was born in Orornogo, Missouri to Maggie Mae Strawhun Taylor and Virgil E. Taylor. Virgil was in the US Army fighting WWI at the time. She was raised..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:45:09 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Grief:
Sandra said, "Talk about taking things literally. I was thinking about how difficult it is to sever the apron strings, and then remembered that when I received my box of "stuff" from my sister yesterday, the stuff from my Mom's place, the detritus I get to keep..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:45:09 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled DABDA: those 5 stages of grief:
Sandra said, "DABDA: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. We don't necessarily go through them in order, nor do we necessarily all go through all of them. Sometimes we get stuck. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross introduced these stages to us back in 1969 in..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:45:09 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Helen's corner of heaven:
Sandra said, "My sister asked me to write something that someone could read at Mom's memorial. This morning I had a dream that I was standing in a field of a wild bird refuge that Mom had created simply by having fed birds out her window all these years of her..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:45:09 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Asylum No More -- Last Night was Opening Night:
Sandra said, "We had a decent house, sold more than half the seats. Not bad when the show doesn't start until 11PM, and it is POURING down rain on a Friday night in January. We handed out feedback forms and writing utensils before the show and almost everyone..." more
Monday, January 23, 2012 12:45:09 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Asylum No More -- Last Night was Closing Night:
Sandra said, "The cast was really on last night, an even tighter ensemble than the night before. We had a smaller audience, and this time we had an audience who laughed on the inside. Ouch. I always remember that line from an old sitcome "I'm laughing on the..." more
Monday, December 19, 2011 2:30:10 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Step Seven on the Eightfold Path:
Sandra said, "7. Right MindfulnessRight mindfulness is the controlled and perfected faculty of cognition. It is the mental ability to see things as they are, with clear consciousness. Usually, the cognitive process begins with an impression induced by perception,..." more
Thursday, April 12, 2012 6:06:27 PM
Sandra de Helen wrote a blog post titled Anybody here?:
Sandra said, "Well, I moved over to WordPress, and guess what's happening over there? Nothing. I guess I'll give it another week or so, but if you won't follow me to my new neighborhood, I'll call the movers and come back. I moved over there so I could invite in..." more