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The REAL Wisteria Lane

If there's anything more beautiful than a wisteria setting, I've never seen it.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I could sit on that bench and write all day.  I'd have to leave by sundown, though, 'cause I bet that tranquil setting would feel hella creepy at night!  :)  

Summa Cum Proude

Last Saturday, the 16th, my beloved angel, TRISHA, celebrated the college graduation of her firstborn, RYAN, from Fordham University.  The young fella finished college in THREE years and was graduated SUMMA CUM LAUDE.  Oh, he was also a starting member of the baseball team.  Talk about an OVER-ACHIEVER!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS, Ryan!  Now, go out and do your part to make this world a BETTER PLACE!

And congratulations, Trisha, for being such an INCREDIBLE & INCREDIBLY PROUD mommy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Door #2 or Door #202

Keep making a courageous effort to open AS MANY doors as is necessary 'til one of those mothers is "busted" WIDE OPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#PersistenceIsOmnipotent

Welcome Aboard, She's Love

Ohhhhhhhhhhh how I loved her so back in the late '70s to mid-'80s!  She always came across as the sweetest and kindest customer service rep ever!  Honestly, every time I watched her show I felt I knew her.

Well, that was then and this is now.  Wherever she is, I hope she's well.  She was a true sweetie pie!!!!!!

Being Mary Jane

Okay, this week I begin writing my script for BEING MARY JANE.  The show is currently one of my favorites.  I wouldn't be surprised, though, if NOBODY else submitted a spec of this show to the ABC Disney Writing Program.  Good!  Then mine will be the ONLY one!

Here's to my WRITING SUCCESS with ABC Disney!!!!

Shelley, The Bevelhimers, Culver & I

Shelley and I

This past weekend was one of the most GLORIOUS weekends of my LIFE!

EVER!

Through the GRACIOUSNESS of my beloved friend, SHELLEY, I made a return visit to picturesque Culver Military Academy!  I attended one summer of the school's summer session waaaaaaaaaaaay back in '79.  Anyway, Shelley invited me to stay with her loving family in their cozy lakeside condo, and take in a lacrosse game in which the son of one of my favorite fraternity brothers is the starting Long Stick Middle (LSM) player for Zionsville Community High School.

Originally, I wanted to attend the lacrosse game as a complete surprise to my fraternity brother, Joe, and his delightful wife, Tracy.  But Shelley knew she'd have to tell the couple somethin' in order to get them to agree to come back to her place to hang out after the game.  So, she spilled the beans.  Turns out, spilling the beans didn't make Joe and Tracy believe I'd be there, 'cause, truth be told, I've told 'em I'd visit numerous times before, but never have.  Well, this time, Shelley was NOT taking, "NO," for an answer.  And, poof, I was there!

I had never met Shelley's terrific mom, Sherry, Shelley's husband, Kevin (who has the HOTTEST man cave in all of Indiana), nor her kind and articulate son, Quinn and beautiful fashionista daughter, Lauren.  So, meeting all of them was a gem!  Quinn will be here in L.A. shortly to begin a summer internship.  So, I'm lookin' forward to breakin' bread with him when he arrives.

This weekend was also my first time meeting Joe's children: Bryan (the lacrosse star), Sidney and Cody.  And what a hoot they were!  I could listen all day to little Cody's tales about his fight with cancer.  For a seventh grader, he sure is eloquent and dang humorous when he discusses all he's been through.

Bryan, Cody, Sydney and I

All in all, this weekend jaunt was phenomenal!  Shelley showed me around the Culver campus and town as if I was a new resident.  Heck, if I follow her lead, I'll some day submit myself for employment at the venerable institution.  Hey, who knows?  Stranger things have happened in the world.

I'll be indebted to Shelley for years and years to come!  I mean, her insistence that I come visit compelled me to acknowledge that I SHOULD spend MUCH MORE time with those I love and who love me, instead of thinking I should be WORKING.  Heck, I hope this weekend helps her realize the same is true for her, too.  I truly had a BLAST!  So much so I didn't want it to END!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, revisiting Culver was made all the sweeter 'cause I stayed in Shelley's mom's comfy condo which just happens to sit right on the stunning Lake Maxinkuckee!  Gotta love Culver Cove Condos!