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.  [...]

Put Your Head Down and Focus

As anyone who has read this blog for more than a minute knows, I’m no athlete.  Field day was my least favorite day in the school calendar year; I was a scholar and a musician.  I got my geek on and enjoyed it, all the way through school.  It’s why I became a teacher, I [...]

Make It A Good One

“Oh, boy,” I said as I walked off of the elevator and saw the Holiday Inn’s lobby full of people. “What?” asked my friend Sue, slowing her pace and stepping off to the side with me. “He’ll be here any minute.  That’s why all of those women are congregated there.”  My eyes scanned the group [...]

Working Girl

“Would you like to come work for me?”  Jill asked the question the day after Kyle’s “living room” show in her art studio. It had been a strange turn of events.  Kyle hosted all of these small, intimate shows in people’s homes, and I’d wanted to do one since we’d moved to CT; Kyle was [...]

An Evening Out

“I’m ready for a drink, are you?” Kyle Vincent asked me as we entered the restaurant together. I had known Kyle for nearly ten years now, and this was not the first meal we had shared together.  It would, however, be the first meal we’d ever had alone together. Kyle was in our area for [...]

Just Like Everyone Else

I sat on the bench at the local kids’ play gym, watching my two youngest.  Tonight was the Special Needs Playgroup night at the gym, and about ten families of children were in the huge enclosed space of toys and mats and dress up clothes.  R was working in New York City these days, so [...]

End of an Era

I was stunned to see the new online fan membership area, chock full of the same ideas I had presented to Rick just two weeks prior, there online without any notice from Rick or his team. There had been no indication that this was coming, no “thanks, but no thanks” from anyone on Rick’s team. [...]

Know When to Hold ‘Em, Know When to Fold ‘Em

I couldn’t believe my eyes.  Two weeks after I’d had my conversation with Rick in Atlantic City, and handed over my detailed, well thought out business plan which delineated levels of payment for differing levels of exclusive content, I found a new web link on Rick Springfield’s official website. “Access is official Rick Springfield advanced [...]

Gambling in Atlantic City

“OK I have just a few minutes before I have to get back up on stage.  Let’s hear it,” said Rick Springfield, leaning back in the cushioned seat back. My friend Helen had brought me here to the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City to speak to Rick.   It had been the first time since [...]

What We Did

Thursday, September 1, 2005: I can’t tell you all how amazed I am at the response to the Hurricane Katrina Relief Project. I am sure you’re all watching the news as much as I am, and what I’m seeing makes me feel even more strongly than ever that we must do whatever it is each [...]