PALMS UP
That’s me. Entertainer, part Comedian, part Soothsayer, part Optimist, part Adviser. And obviously not afraid to give an opinion. Time to out myself. Not something I tell everybody, but yes, […]
Author: Martha Hannah
CHARLIE’S ASHES – TESTIFY
Sound check, lights set, crowd arrives. Waiters bustle drinks to the tables. Other tellers get up, short intermission, one more teller up, then my turn. They’d saved me for the […]
GHOST IN OUR ROOM MAGNOLIA HOTEL
Being touched by unseen hands and seeing things moving on their own have always been a little creepy to me. Pretending I simply don’t see them or feel them has […]
ON SET TREES HAVE FEET
Like something out of a children’s fairy tale, I’m perched on a quarter of a sliced apple as the trees outside slowly glide past the windows and then rearrange themselves. […]
WHEN THEY DON’T SERVE MIMOSAS
It’s amazing when a door opens and a light shines in, when something dawns on you so wonderful, so useful, a tool, a step, a permission to be! It’s just […]
THAT EXTRA MILE
Offsetting the darkness of the night and dim streetlights outside, the warm lights inside Brock-Allen Casting’s small house create a relaxed coziness. It’s a perfect atmosphere for our acting class, […]
YOU’LL LAUGH YOUR ASS OFF
There’s a moment when you look up, with all your family around you, your parents, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles and the kids and you catch them in the middle of […]
DON’T BE A BIG SISSY
I don’t like people to see me cry. It’s personal, it’s private. And, just maybe, because my dad taught me how to box at age 6. As a street kid, […]
CUT, BURNED OR MAIMED
If I try to cook, I get cut, burned or something big falls on my toe. That’s a clear message to me that I shouldn’t be in the kitchen. If […]
BE BRAVE ENOUGH TO THINK BIGGER
My father used to say, “Be brave enough to think bigger.” Parked my car and, while crossing the quiet side street in the heart of downtown Austin, I found myself […]