It’s Still There

I heard from him the other day. Not unsolicited, of course.  No, I’ve hardly ever heard from him out of the blue like that.  Even when I was working for him, emails from Rick Springfield only appeared in my box with the inevitable re: in front of whatever subject title I had been writing about.  [...]

Looking Through The Window

I don’t know what made me think of him last night. R is out of town, as he often is, and I was having myself a little Grey’s Anatomy marathon on my computer.  Me, myself and a bottle of wine hunkered down after the children went to bed, and I fantasized about happy endings with [...]

Seeing KV Again

I parked my car in front of my friend Erin’s little bungalow and sat there for a minute.  I looked up at the sweet little home she’d bought for herself last year, and saw the lights twinkling inside.  I had been on the road for an hour, since she lived south of me in the [...]

Pine Knob and Full Circle Moments

When I saw the date pop up on our weekly updates from Rick Springfield’s managers a few months back, a little shiver went up my spine.  ”DTE Energy Theater, Clarkston, MI.”   That was the new name for the ampitheater that had been known as Pine Knob when I was growing up.  It was the [...]

A Nasty Mess

The phone was ringing, but I was ignoring it.  I couldn’t take my eyes off of my computer screen.  I could call back R’s sister later; reading the two thousand plus word long missive Elizabeth had sent to the thousands of subscribers to our internet mailing list could not. I should have known it was [...]

Sucked Back In

I was staring at my computer screen, finally back home and mostly recovered from my case of “childbed fever”. My baby was quietly slumbering next to me in his stroller; I had actually put him in it awake after I’d put his older sister down for her afternoon nap.  I had a million things to [...]

Phone Calls From Handsome Men

My phone rang out through the silence of the house.  My father was out getting groceries, R was in Ohio wowing the folks at the hopefully new place of employment, Z was at school and my sweet five day out girl was sleeping.  I dashed to get it before its shrill rings woke my baby [...]

Insecurity in the Oddest Places

I had been watching too much Jerry Maguire, probably. Certainly. Kyle Vincent had posted to his message board online about the tour his record company was sending him on, and one of the shows was right here in Detroit.  It was the day after I was set to drive back from my annual vacation out [...]

Celebrity Sympathy

I was standing in line to greet Rick Springfield clutching a single, red rose. This was the culminating event of the weekend, a gala, black tie event with all of the celebrities in house.  A formal dinner was followed by a concert in which several different acts played, Rick being the penultimate.  By now, we [...]

Dream Realized

After what seemed like an eternal ride back to our hotel, Debi and I hauled my luggage out of the trunk of her rental and entered our hotel room. Our group was actually staying in what was called a “casita” or a small villa off of the main part of the hotel.  There were more [...]