by admin | Nov 3, 2024 | Musings, News, Theatre
Don’t call me Friday, November 8 after 5pm. I’ll be busy writing. I’ve been invited to participate in Theatre Unleashed’s latest 24-hour theatre event as a playwright. 24-hour shows are produced entirely, as advertised, within 24 hours. The...
by admin | Jun 20, 2024 | Musings, News, Theatre
It’s rare that I actually get to see productions of my short plays, which makes it so much more exciting when I do. The Short+Sweet Hollywood Festival recently wrapped up and I was fortunate enough to have three short plays selected for the Festival. For the...
by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | Martial Arts, Musings
“No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” -Heraclitus Upon starting to train in a martial art, there exists an unacknowledged expectation that our development will be linear; we will move toward our goals in...
by Wendy Gough Soroka | Mar 20, 2019 | Martial Arts, Musings
This March, in 2019, marks 20 years since I first stepped onto a dojo mat as a student. My first thought upon making this realization is, “I really should be better at this by now.” My second is, “Who the hell could’ve predicted that?” To be fair to myself, I...
by Wendy Gough Soroka | Oct 15, 2018 | Adventures, Musings
Adventures exploring Los Angeles continued… Saturday, October 13, I went to the Brewery Artwalk. The Brewery is the largest live-work art colony in the world, located on a 16-acre-compound that was once the Edison Electric Steam power plant and then a Pabst...
by Wendy Gough Soroka | Oct 7, 2018 | Adventures, Musings
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” – Andre Gide As of this past August, I have lived 20 years in Los Angeles. That’s longer than I’ve lived anywhere else, including the Bay Area, where I grew up. I have no idea...