Archive - A Star is Dying

no one has died

Before children, I considered myself a busy person. When I became a mother, I realized my concept of busyness had been idiotic. Busy? I had been…

Apr 10 •

March 2024

On Tuesday, February 27, I had to call in sick to work. I wasn’t sick, but my kids had colds, and so to spare their babysitter, I took a day off…

Mar 7 •

October 2023

halloween people

Growing up, my family was not composed of Halloween People. Each year, my mom seemed to change her mind about whether or not Halloween was even okay to…

Oct 31, 2023 •

September 2023

consider this a warning

People did not warn me about motherhood. Of course, I heard it would be difficult. “Difficult, but worth it!” Lots of things are difficult, though…

Sep 5, 2023 •

May 2023

bombing in rural wisconsin

Last month, I do a show in an Irish pub in Illinois, just across the border from Wisconsin. The crowd is fine, but not great. They’re older, they’re all…

May 11, 2023 •

April 2023

I had been trying to get pregnant for nearly a year. With my son, it happened fast, the second or third month we tried, and so when it took longer, I…

Apr 4, 2023 •

July 2022

"is she really hitting on that grandma?"

Some comedians love crafting a joke. For them, it’s a technique, it’s about precision, and it’s beyond just creating the perfect set-up/punch. But jokes…

Jul 25, 2022 •

April 2022

good comic/bad mom

When I was a child, we lived next door to a family with kids our age. On the other side of their house was another family with kids our age. Our parents…

Apr 29, 2022 •

March 2022

"how many of these guys have we hooked up with?"

Stand-up is not just telling jokes into a microphone. It’s not just making friends with some other weirdos at a gross bar in Glendale. Stand-up seeps…

Mar 29, 2022 •

a crowd of comics

I didn’t grow up in Milwaukee. I grew up in Sheboygan, an hour away, and I really only went to Milwaukee for the airport. Well, I also went to the mall…

Mar 1, 2022 •

January 2022

one baby, one husband, & no friends to speak of

Three months ago, my husband, son, and I get breakthrough cases of COVID. With little energy to do anything else, I begin reading Beautiful World, Where…

Jan 4, 2022 •

November 2021

"she's a teacher, not a comedian."

There’s a verse in the Bible I’ve been thinking about lately. “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you…

Nov 12, 2021 •

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