29 Tweets - February 19 - Clark Family Theater Troupe

The Clark family theater empire grows. 1 summer. 4 people. 16 productions. 140 individual performances. #Acting #NoSleep 

29 Tweets - February 18 - 10th Anniversary

Husband surprises wi 10th anniversary wedding celebrated in high Edwardian costume during intermission of play. #Romantic

29 Tweets - February 17 - Treading the Boards

Our family becomes a miniature theater troupe appearing in CA's First Theater Production 'The Drunkard' #Actors #Melodrama

29 Tweets - February 16 - Please Not Texas

Discovered I don't want to mess with Texas. Army exiled us there: 6 months. After, we gratefully returned 2 Monterey coast.

29 Tweets - February 15 - I Get Professional

Working at a Fat Farm I discover my talent for management and have my first professional massage. No.1 son starts school

29 Tweets - February 12 - And Now We are Four

"This is MY BABY!" a proud 15 month old declares to admirers of sister. Papa gifts Mama wi vasectomy; worry free sex FTW!

29 Tweets - February 11 - A Very Busy Year

Married. Senior in HS. Win State 4 Drama & Original Oratory. National Honor Society. Son born 5 days b4 graduation. #Happy

29 Tweets - February 10 - I was a Teen-aged Mother

One year from Drama Medalist, to Shakespeare's Katrina, to lover, to pregnant, to Senior, to Married. A hectic pace for change. 

29 Tweets - February 9 - Drama Geeks in Love

Teen years blur of theater, rodeos n boys in every town, none allowed to do more than kiss me. Then BAM! Love! Passion! CMC!

29 Tweets - February 8 - Raped, then Beaten by Gender Politics

Breasts grow in with a vengeance. School nickname is 'Boobs'. Raped by 1st love - can't tell cuz '77 WY culture says its my fault*












* Just a note: Some girls still get blamed for rape today. Teach your son control, teach your daughters defense and teach both RESPECT!

29 Tweets - February 7 - A Star is Born

City kids hate on Sh*t kicker me. First kiss is marred by chewing tobacco.  A new found passion for acting provides escape.

29 Tweets - February 6 - Country Mouse Moves to the City

Highs and lows of puberty struck with a vengeance. Parents divorced, remarried and moved us to the city in 12 short months.

29 Tweets - February 5 - Horse Killer and Dead Dog

Ten was tough: I was branded 'Horse Killer' by angry Gran, and suffered devastating loss of treasured dog Festus: snake-bite.

29 Tweets - February 4 - How to Build a Reader

One bored and whiny 9yr old and one very frustrated mother add up to a summer of reading Shakespeare's Complete Works on a dare.

29 Tweets - February 3 - Choosing a Vocation

At age 7, through the good offices of RL Stevenson, the girl from the high plains discovers what she wants to be: a Pirate!

29 Tweets - February 2 - Discovery of Love for Horses

Riding, almost b4 she could walk, E developed deep communion with equine companions: the hallmark of a blissful childhood.

29 Tweets - February 1 - Birth

JW gave birth to a girl child on the steps of a Wyoming hospital in Feb. An omen: this child only flirted with propriety. #29TweetsProject

29 Tweets - Absurdist, Reductionist Fun!

Today I embark on a shared project on Twitter called 29TweetsProject.

The brainchild of a Scottish friend of mine, it is a challenge to tweet your life story in 29 installments - once daily thru Feb.

Yes, I will be distilling the essence of 49 years into 29 Tweets. It will be interesting to see what the 29 things are that highlight the seasons of my life thus far. Follow the hashtag: #29TweetsProject to read microcosmic views of our macrocosmic lives.

Each day in February, I will post my own tweets here as well.

The Kid with her Foot in Mouth

I have been called blunt, abrupt, candid, outspoken, rude, forthright, tactless, frank, and matter-of-fact. I have spoken out when it would have been wiser to hold my tongue. I have blurted thoughts as they formed and asked the question 'but, why?' repeatedly.

Tact is not my strong suit. I have no personal boundaries. I say what I mean and mean what I say. Which means, I am often the one in the corner with her foot in her mouth.

Society is not very fond of bluntness - until it becomes irascibility, and then they dedicate books of quotations to you (W.C. Fields or Dorthy Parker, anyone?)  This is why I so often channel my words into story - in a story that you are making up, you can say anything and get away with it.

In the meantime, in case I am never published, I am on a personal quest to convert my mere bluntness into full-scale irascibility. If nothing else, I will be assured that my utterings will grace untold numbers of Toastmaster speeches and commencement addresses. One way or the other, my words will live on after I am nothing but dirt!