I do a lot of stuff. I make things. I go places. I Twitter. I cook stuff. I shoot emails. (Eric always says this, "shoot me an email." And I think it's cute, so we don't just write emails around here. We shoot them.) ;-) I homeschool kids. I drive them places. I Facebook. I take pictures. And I write about it all. How do I ...
creative stuff
From Varadero. With love.
I entered the list of names into Random.org. I hit send and came back with a winner. I was sad because I had twelve entries and only one sign. =( But I loved each and every story. And I suppose I could just make eleven more signs....or I could just name the winner. *sigh* Congratulations to the winner of the Varadero Beach sign, made by me with ...
My Big, Fat, Cuban Family – The Book.
One of the reasons I started blogging was for my posterity (which is just a fancy way of saying "future generations.") But let me tell you why... I am blessed with having my 95 year old mother still around with her mind still sharp and her enthusiasm for life (and my projects) still intact. That was not the case for her. She left Cuba ...
SmART Cuban
I have times when I feel inadequate to homeschool my kids. Not that I can't do stuff, I totally know I can. It's just that I've never been much of an academic.I'm more of the right brain, emotionally driven, wow-what-a-great-color artistic type. And I can do a lot of stuff, except maybe algebra and seriously, name five people ...
I *heart* blogging or $8.95 well-spent
I've been blogging for about 2 1/2 years now.When I first started it was kind of a dirty-little-secret. I just didn't know how to explain it. So I didn't. But I know I was constantly looking for stories to tell. Maybe it was an age thing? Or an untapped (for me) creative outlet? I just know that as a ...
Pure Imagination
This was a magical weekend for my son, Jonathan (the 13 year old). He actually became Willy Wonka. Our homeschool drama group put on the play/musical Willy Wonka Jr. No, seriously. He wore the purple coat and the trademark top hat in a remarkably comfortable manner. He wielded the glass-top cane as if he had been doing it all his young ...
The view from the cheap seats
While he's on stage rehearsing, I'm still painting and touching-up sets and helping to transform a rented hall into a "world of pure imagination." I am completely content to sit back here and do what I do to make all of them look good. To pull off this (or any) production it takes an amazing group of people. ...
I *heart* Willy
My son, Jonathan will be playing the title character in his school play, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Opening night is two weeks away which means it's crunch time for us and everyone here at Chez Darby has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to make the boy look good. Which is how I found myself in the humiliating and ...
You look MAHVELOUS!
I have spent the last few months in drama. (And I'm not even talking about my real life here.) I've been in high school, working with the Midsummer Night's Dream set crew. Lucy's classes are all online, except for drama, which requires she be on campus for 3 hours a week. And okay, so my daughter was playing a lead, ...
Ay me! for aught that I could ever read – or – How Shakespeare is affecting my life today
Okay, boys and girls, for today's Lesson in Theatre Arts, I offer you a synopsis of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare: Lysander loves Hermia, and Hermia loves Lysander. Helena lovesDemetrius; Demetrius used to love Helena but now loves Hermia. Egeus, Hermia's father, prefers Demetrius as a suitor, and enlists the aid ...
