tom hayden

THE JOY OF OLD AGE. (NO KIDDING.)

That is the title of an article in today’s (Sunday) New York Times. It’s by 80-year-old Oliver Sacks. I’m stealing it for this blog cause I, too, feel joyful. I feel joyful more ofte...

SHOELACE

All the important men in my life up until now have been baseball fans. Heck, Ted Turner owned the Braves while we were together. That was fun! Tom Hayden still plays hardball every week with a team of...

GENERAL NEW YEAR THOUGHTS

It has been hard to blog since the 20th, after Bridget and Danny’s party. Getting ready for the arrival of my non-L.A-based family, finishing with presents, wrapping, sending, checking the list thrice...

PDA (public display of affection)

So many friends have brought to my attention (like I didn’t know) that I haven’t blogged in 11 days that I figure it’s time. In my last blog post I said I was in love. Maybe I should...

El Salvador Rising

by TOM HAYDEN June 15, 2009 Tom Hayden has traveled to El Salvador three times, has written extensively about cross-border street gang issues and, as a California state senator, passed legislation aut...

DRAMA LEAGUE AWARD LUNCHEON

It was long, just as I had been warned-three hours, to be exact. What I had not expected was the fun and collegial spirit that permeated the room. There were three very long rows of seats on a tiered ...

Old Friends

I took some meds last night that kept me awake till 7am today!!! Still, the matinee went well and was 17 minutes shorter than the first public preview we did 2 ½ weeks ago. Lolly Espy and her husband ...

Valentine’s Day

This is our first 2-show day. I’m kinda tired so I will take my nap soon before the evening show. Last night my dear friends from the past–Laurel Lyle and David Hodges saw the show and came back...

Abe Lincoln

Today’s 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln is being celebrated around the country (and with special fanfare in DC). My friend and former publicist, Stephen Rivers, just sent me an email telling me t...