TheGoodMuse

Books are something sacred to me. Whether bad or good they hold a record of our culture and history. For me, personally, they were always a means of escape and entertainment. My little book obsession is precisely why it was ...

Reading through my local paper one weekend I came across an ad requesting volunteers for Stitchesfromtheheart.org. I looked the group up online and discovered that they knitted blankets and clothing items for premature babies. Wonderful! I had no idea how ...

“How long have you been like that?”, “You don’t look like a vegetarian.”, “Don’t you get hungry?” As a vegetarian it’s almost guaranteed that you will hear the above phrases at least one thousand times during your lifespan.  An entire ...

I started this volunteer project with a list of organization I had to help and activities I wanted to do. Volunteering at a school garden was at the top (for reasons I will explain later). But after months of contacting ...

I don’t relish the idea of speaking in front of people. This might sound strange coming from an actor, but when I act I’m reading lines, and I’m a character, not myself. Irrational?  Yes, but that’s how I’ve managed to ...

The Venice Arts program introduces the arts, particularly photography, to underprivileged populations through accessible media-based arts education programs. After reading about the Venice Arts program and an upcoming show entitled, “Got Caught Up Out There: Photography by Homeless Women” I ...

Slicing up a bunch of Granny Smith apples for a pie one day it occurred to me that it would be easier walk outside and pick apples from a tree rather than go to the store to buy them. Free, ...