Interview with Rachel True (The Craft)

 

This was fun to watch! It's an interview with guest Rachel True, who played Rochelle Zimmerman, the pretty little black witch in The Craft, and the podcast host is Christine Taylor, who played Laura Lizzie, the mean racist blond cheerleader in The Craft... What a fun interview!!  These ladies are so cool together.

Rachel True is also the creator of a tarot deck and the author of a full-sized book that goes with it, which includes 22 personal essays on her life and how it connects with each of the major arcana cards.

True Heart Tarot

 

Rachel True (The Craft) interview with Allison Dubois

 

I love these ladies together, what chemistry! Allison Dubois rocks once more on her podcast, The Dead Life, with her guest Rachel True who is an author and tarot deck creator in her fifties now (how can that be?!).  Rachel will forever be etched in our memory as "Rochelle Zimmerman" in the 1996 movie The Craft.  Enjoy this two part interview... I sure did!

Developing Your Psychic Abilities ~ fantastic interview with Carolyn Molnar

 

Michael Philpott interviews Toronto medium Carolyn Molnar.

Interview With a Tarot Reader

The following is an excerpt from an interview:

• 1. Tell us about yourself. What do you do for a living? What are your hobbies and interests, hidden talents?

I was born in California, raised in South Dakota, lived in Nebraska, and moved to Arizona last year with my Hubby. I’ve always been drawn to writing and started journaling when I was 12.  I’ve always been drawn to the occult and paranormal, experiencing spirit contact for many years at various levels of intensity in my grandmother’s old house. At one point, as an adult, I began writing books, books on the topic of divination (the tarot) and books about witchcraft and gray magick. To my surprise, these books have been quite successful. I earn a living, so far, through writing and tarot reading.

My hobbies and interests? I’m an avid reader (most writers are). I love gardening, collecting (swords & daggers, tea pots, rocks and crystals, old books, feathers, sterling silver jewelry, and cats). I’m a chocoholic, a master procrastinator, a lover of old movies, antique shops, forests, old market areas, and high heels (some of which I buy but never wear). I love creating magickal oils and potions, eating ice cream, and designing websites. I’m a dreamer and visionary caught in the harsh reality of the modern world and modern life.

• 2. You are a professional tarot card reader. What sort of services do you provide to clients?

Yes, I am. I provide readings to my clients through recorded audio readings purchased at my tarot website, The Tarot Parlour.  People can follow the link for more information, and to explore the website just because it's very pretty and interesting.

• 3. What was your career before you became a tarot reader? What made you decide to become a professional tarot reader?

Before I became a tarot reader, I spent the greater share of my life raising a large family, being a stay-at-home mom and a home schooling mother. My decision to become a professional tarot reader was a very gradual and totally unexpected choice. It was probably the last thing I ever thought I would be, or the last thing that I ever thought I would do. For one thing, I always swore that I would never be able to charge anyone anything for a reading. Once I actually began reading for people outside my circle of family and friends, I realized that this was a job, just as any other occupation is a job, and that I would not be able to spend hours and hours working for free. I also realized that what I did made a difference in people’s lives; what I did was something very special and unique, and I also realized that what I did not everyone was capable of doing for other people.

• 4. How did you learn to read tarot cards? How and when did you discover you had this particular ability?

I bought my first deck of tarot cards (The Goddess Tarot) between fifteen and twenty years ago. It was the box that caught my eye when I was walking through a local book store. For weeks and months, this deck called to me every time I visited the store. At first, I tried to ignore it. I’d give the pretty box a perfunctory glance as we walked past the shelf. Eventually, I stopped. I would pick the box up and look at it. This went on for weeks. I finally asked for permission to open the box to see the cards. I gave in to whatever it was that was drawing me to this foreign deck of cards, to this strange thing called ‘tarot’, and I bought the deck.

The first few weeks, I was simply enamored with the artwork. The deck was totally unfamiliar to me, the meanings a mystery, how to put everything together to actually make sense of it never even entered my mind at this point. Although the ‘little white booklet’ that came with the deck was helpful in helping me learn the meanings of the individual cards, it did not help at all in learning how to look at the cards intuitively; it did not help at all in learning how to put all of this together on different levels to read the story the cards were trying to tell me. This came later, with a dawning moment, one of those ‘ah-ha’ moments you never forget.

It was only after the key turned and the door opened, that I realized the depth of knowledge, the true mystery, the exciting potential that lay in a deck of tarot cards. And the stunning revelation was that I actually understood the language.

• 5. How do tarot cards work exactly? How do they give a person guidance and advice?

The cards work for me simply as a trigger to unlock a series of associations -- through the images, through my own intuition, through some connection that I really can’t describe and probably don’t completely understand. I just know that when this connection works, it is truly amazing, as amazing for me as it is for my client. I know there are people who follow all kinds of rules and ritualistic behaviors with their cards, but in general, I don’t. I view the cards simply as a tool. Two things that I do follow through with: 1) cleansing the cards of residual energy through the use of incense smoke and 2) placing clear quartz crystal points on top of the deck when they’re not in use.

How do the cards give personal guidance and advice?  They reveal possibilities for future events; they give warnings about situations, choices, or individuals in your life; they offer answers and alternative endings to the story; they connect with spirit guides; they connect with the divine; they link the human part of us with the universe in a way that imparts to us universal knowledge; and once in a rare while, they connect with the spirit of someone who has passed.

• 6. You have many clients from all over the world, how are you able to read their energies, even when you’re thousands of miles apart?

Distance is irrelevant when doing a reading. Everything in the universe is connected by a thin strand of energy, everything, and the slightest touch anywhere sends vibrations everywhere.  This is the basis for practicing magick, and this is also true when it comes to connecting intuitively with another individual. Just as a mother might instinctively know when a child is in danger from across many miles, through the tarot it’s also possible to connect on a very personal, emotional, and spiritual level with another human being no matter what the physical distance might be between you.

From here in the Arizona desert, I’ve connected with and done readings for people in Canada, Great Britain, Greece, New Zealand, and Australia. It’s been an amazing experience, enriching my life as much as it has their lives. It truly is a miracle, there’s really no other word for it. This ability also confirms for me the incredible capacity that human beings have to open themselves up to each other.

• 7. What has been your biggest challenge with regards to your abilities? How have you overcome this challenge?

One of my biggest challenges is reading for men. It’s much more difficult for me to reach and maintain an open and fluid connection with male clients. How have I overcome this challenge? I’m working on it. I would imagine, being a woman myself, the connection that I have with female clients is much more empathic, or sympathetic. It’s easier for me to understand a woman, her life, her dilemmas, her choices, and her fears. Reading for men is a totally different experience, and I can say this almost without exception, there seems to be a wall that I have to get past in order to pick up the energy of the cards.

• 8. Do you consider your ability a gift? How do you help people with this gift?

Of course, it’s a gift. Reading tarot cards is something that, for whatever reason, I have the ability to do. How and why I’m able to look at a deck of cards and pick information out of them are questions that I can’t answer. I think that everyone is born with a natural intuitive ability, a sixth sense, but not all people are able to put this gift to use, and some are not even able to acknowledge it.  I think there are people who are unaware of their psychic abilities, deny them, or are even frightened by them, so they squelch them. It’s like a muscle -- if you don’t use it, you lose it. By using this gift, you strengthen it, grow with it, and develop an understanding of it.

I help people with this gift by giving them insights into their lives they otherwise would not have. Being aware of the choices available to them, the possible consequences that will ensue, alternate paths they can take, all broadens their perspective. It helps people to make better decisions in their lives, to come to terms with their past; it comforts them, and it lights the way for a brighter future.

• 9. Could you share some memorable experiences you had because of this talent?

Oh my, there’s so much that comes to mind... 

The little girl at the Harry Potter bookstore party (Ace of Cups, reversed), someone she loved has left I told her. They most certainly had. A favorite cousin had moved away. Bless her little heart. It was like a dam burst, and I let her chatter uninterrupted while she told me all about it. 

There was the older woman, a doctor’s ex-wife, so marred by control and emotional abuse, it was painful to watch, painful to see all of her raw spots exposed. 

There was the man who denied the affair, until he finally admitted that he was living with his mistress, but he didn’t consider this an affair at all. 

There was the grandmother who had lost her five-year-old grandson due to a medical emergency and an accident with the ER equipment. 

There was the young Hispanic couple with the sick child. 

Highlights have included reading for a world famous architect and a grammy nominated musician. 

The world is full of fascinating people.

Humanity opens up before me like some supernatural ethereal akashic record, but it’s all flesh and blood, tears, worries, loves lost, loves found, personal issues to work through.  It’s hopelessness; it’s hopefulness; it’s finding clarity; it’s relief; it’s all bigger than life, and it’s all painfully personal. This is what it’s like to read the cards for people.

• 10. How do your clients find you? Where is your office located? Where can they reach you online?

My clients generally find me through my websites: The Witch’s Corner & The Tarot Parlour. 

I’ve had clients find me by word-of-mouth and email me:

witch_of_endore@yahoo.com

I’ve also had people find me at social sites, especially through Facebook:

http://facebook.com/amythystraine 

• 11. You have a natural talent for tarot reading, but is it possible to learn how to read tarot cards? How would one go about learning this skill?

Yes, it is possible for anyone to learn to read tarot cards. However, just as with any other endeavor, everyone’s skill level will be different, some people more attuned to it than others; but still, anyone can learn to do this. It’s fun, intriguing, and it is an excellent way to strengthen your intuition, your natural psychic abilities. Tarot cards can also be used for personal meditation and exploration, a very private thing, a special relationship shared between you and your tarot deck, and your tarot journal.

You’ll learn to read the tarot by 1) choosing and purchasing a deck. I always recommend for beginners that they choose a very basic standard deck to start with, and I usually suggest the Rider/Waite deck. 2) learning the basic standard meanings for each of the cards in the deck. 3) starting a tarot journal. 4) investing in a tarot course, or purchasing books on the subject, so that they can go beyond the standard definitions for the cards and learn to read intuitively, learn to interpret a spread, learn to apply numerology and a bit of astrology into the picture. There’s so much to the tarot, so many ways of looking at it, so many other esoteric connections to explore that are connected to it. Studying the tarot can become a life-long passion.

My Interview with DJ Martin ~ revisited

It was my pleasure to be interviewed by DJ Martin,
herself an author and herbal witchy woman.

When did you start writing and what prompted you to do so?

I was always writing. I started journaling when I was 12-years-old and continued for years, way into my 30s. I regret that at various stages of life, I decided to discard some of those early diaries, thinking them filled with nonsensical adolescent drivel. I’m thankful for the ones I saved, detailing much of our family life and my children’s births.

When I was 18, I got a wild hair and typed out a short magazine article that I sent off to a major woman’s magazine, to their office in New York. I was lucky, the rejection was handled by an incredibly kind and sensitive editor who wanted to encourage creativity and writing in a hopeful, but very naive, adolescent. I don’t know who this person was, but they are probably the main reason I didn’t stop writing, and I continued to believe that one day I would be a published author.

Do you have a favorite book on witchcraft – perhaps one that influenced you?

I do– Green Witchcraft by Ann Moura. It was delicious. It was filled with the magick of the herbal world, encased in green leaves, and small cauldrons, and candles, and infinite possibilities. It was such a gentle book, a gentle magick, and I was enchanted with the spiritual connections. Coming out of a Catholic Parochial school background, the Virgin Mary took on a new dimension for me, as Ms. Moura led the way into magickal rituals using familiar spiritual icons. I recommend this book as a first book to any newcomer dipping their toe gingerly into the world of witchcraft. It is the most beautiful introduction.

How long have you been practicing & how did you come to your path?

Technically, I started practicing when I was 17 and cast a notorious spell in the basement of my grandmother’s house. The journey to my present-day spiritual path would be life-long, filled with explorations covering everything from Catholicism, to Judaism, Spiritism, to Atheism, as well as other explorations through books by far-thinking people on an introspective subject. But I would always return, full circle each time, to the realm of witchcraft. This seemed the most “normal” practice, the most fitting form of spirituality. And when I finally reconciled myself to this path, the learning process was an incredible journey, one I believe is so large and so infinite, it will take the course of several life-times.

After years of reading other people’s books (on witchcraft), years of thinking that I had to follow “their rules”, because this is how I was conditioned through my traditional childhood path, I was brought to the sudden realization that my spiritual path was an incredibly personal path, and only I could forge this path, building it brick by brick, to conform to my own beliefs, my own way of practicing, building it to fit my own unique spiritual connections.

I call my path, “Gray Magerium”…it’s a unique combination of Wicca (mostly Dianic Wicca); Hoodoo; and Green Witchcraft. This path is explored somewhat in my book, The Gray Witch’s Grimoire, and it will be expanded and embraced even more in my next book, The Spiritual Feminist. It’s been an evolution.

What was the hardest lesson you had to learn – one that you credit your path for teaching you?

I actually think there are several hard lessons learned. The most significant to me is that some people are drawn to me, with unabashed curiosity and off-the-wall enthusiasm, just because I practice witchcraft. They seem to have very unrealistic ideas of what I really am, or what my life is like, and they have some fantasy of it all playing in their heads. To the few I’ve actually met and gotten to know personally, in the real world, their enthusiasm (and their friendship) was short-lived when they realized that I was just as ordinary as they were. The novelty wore off, you might say. I think they liked friends’ and relatives’ reactions when they would introduce their new friend as a “Witch”.

What this has taught me is invaluable: my spiritual path is not “a phase”; my spiritual path helps me direct my life and maintain some semblance of control; my connection with Spirit is priceless in my journey to find and understand myself. There is something larger than us out there, a greater power, a spiritual entity, whatever name you want to give it. Destiny is a very real thing, and when you listen and watch carefully, you’ll realize that many of the decisions you make are drawn from that small voice in your head. Our decisions are being directed by a greater force than ourselves. There is a reason for everything, nothing happens by chance.

How does being a witch help you in everyday life?

Life is very scary sometimes, full of responsibilities, pitfalls, ups and downs, joy and sadness, success and a few failures. But I know, without a doubt, that I don’t walk this path alone. The Goddess is beside me– not in front of me, nor behind me, nor is she carrying me. We walk shoulder to shoulder. I’m not alone.

In the preface to your book, The Gray Witch’s Grimoire (which I loved, by the way), you ask & answer the question, “Are you a good witch or a bad witch?” For those who haven’t read that book, would you kindly answer it again?

I am basically a Good Witch with a few Bad Witch tendencies. But what defines a “Bad Witch”?

To the general populous, she practices Black Magick in negative ways to control people and do other evil and perverted things. This isn’t my definition of the Bad Witch. I view the Bad Witch as a strong woman, a feminist perhaps, a woman who isn’t afraid to stand up for herself, isn’t afraid to take control, isn’t afraid to protect herself or her family when necessary. The Bad Witch will grit her teeth and stand her ground to fight for The Principle of the Thing. Principles and ethics are very important to the Bad Witch. Nothing in life is all black, or all white, there is a shady gray area that must be traversed. You may also be very surprised at what you find within this “gray area”…some people call it Common Sense.

What is one question you wish someone would ask you?

Will you be my friend?…but it would come with conditions: it would have to be sincere; it would have to transcend the mundane world of our work; it would have to come from the heart– sister to sister, or kindred spirit to kindred spirit. It would have to come without preconceived notions, or unrealistic expectations, or judgment.

What is one thing you’d like to accomplish before you die?

As a writer, I’d like to achieve the ultimate peak of accomplishment– I’d like to make the New York Times Best Seller List.

What is one piece of advice you’d give someone new to the witchcraft path?

Take your time. Don’t expect to absorb all there is to learn at once. Don’t be overwhelmed by all the information, the broadness of the topic.

But most important: Be still…and listen to the whisper in your ear, it will guide you to your path.

And finally, coffee or tea?

Coffee!! Actually, as I’m typing the answer to this last question, it’s Sunday morning, and I’m having special Sunday morning coffee: French Vanilla Almond.

Amythyst Raine is an author and spiritual feminist; a wife and mother; a witch and tarotist. Learn more about her at http://www.wytchmystique.com. You can also contact her via email witch_of_endore@yahoo.com.

Source:

http://www.authordjmartin.com/posts/interview-witch-amythyst-raine/

About DJ Martin & Her Books

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Spiritual Feminism ~ What's it all about?

What's it all about?... It's about embracing the feminine divine.  It's about matriarchal divinity and the mysteries revealed.  It's about connecting with the feminine aspect of Spirit.  It's about connecting with 45 goddesses from around the world!  -- Cultural Appropriation... Bring it on!  I'm an American; I'm a blend of numerous cultures and peoples with every generational step back I take... from parents, to grandparents, to great-grandparents, great-great grandparents, and beyond.  It's all about learning how to incorporate Spirit into our lives; it's about learning to love ourselves and feed our egos with healthy affirmations.  It's about self-empowerment; it's about learning to empower and support each other!

Listen to the following radio interview for an
in-depth discussion on these topics and more!

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  You'll find all of this and more in my book,

The Spiritual Feminist

CLICK  HERE

Radio Show Coming Up!

I'll be a guest, with host Rev. Payshence Smith, Sunday, May 22, 8pm CST (US), on her show Rev. Payshence Spiritual Ministry Radio

 

http://www.viberadionetwork.org/podcasts.html

 

 

 

An Interview with Amythyst Raine Hatayama ~ by Nimue Brown

Yay!!...Author Interview

I know, this isn't mundane ordinary everyday what-am-I-going-to-fix-for-supper blog "stuff".  But it's important, and it's fun.  So I decided that this is one of those posts that will wind up in both blogs.  Humor me.

To read Nimue's interview at Penton Magazine with me, click  Here

 

 

The Spellery...New Pagan Magazine!

I’m VERY PROUD to be featured in the first edition of this NEW PAGAN MAGAZINE:

 

 

The Spellery

 

 

Available in Digital or Print

 

 

 

 

The Spellery: FB Fan-page

 

 

Prairie Land Pagan Radio (guest appearance)

Prairie Land Pagan Radio– I’ll be a guest on Sunday, January 4th, at 3pm CST. The link is www.unitedpaganradio.net and people can use the call in number on the site to call in with questions and participate. They can also email directly with questions to post as well.

Questions & Answers

This was a question/answer thing that was being passed around on Myspace.  I decided to snatch it up, fill it out, and put it here.  (I'm not responsible for the questions, but I am 100% responsible for the answers.)



1. How tall are you barefoot?
5'6"

2. Have you ever smoked heroin?
Nope, I've never even SEEN heroin.

3. Do you own a gun?
No, but my husband wants one, so I figure I can use his :)

4. Rehab?
Nope

5. Do you get nervous before "meeting the parents"?
No, I've met the worst (in-laws from Hell-- R & E) and survived.  The last one has been incredibly sweet, a soft-spoken lady named "Lois" who gave me a hug.

6. What do you think of your friends?
I love them dearly or they wouldn't be my friends; on the other hand, I've been duped enough in the friend department that I'm very suspicious of people...you have to prove yourself to me.

7. What's your favorite Christmas song?
I don't have one. We celebrate The Winter Solstice at our house.

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Coffee-- lots.

9. Do you do push-ups?
Absolutely not!!...are you kidding!

10. Have you ever done ecstasy?
Nope, I've been IN ecstasy from time to time in my life, but I've never DONE ecstasy.

11. Are you vegetarian?
Sort of, kind of, sometimes.  I'm a "wanna-be" vegetarian.  I can only go so long, and then I have to have a Big Mac.

12. Do you like painkillers?
I don't like any unnecessary chemicals in my body.

13. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
If I told, it wouldn't be a secret anymore.

14. Do you own a knife?
Yes!! I love knives-- swords, athames, thrusting daggers, switchblades...yes! yes! yes!  I collect them, go figure.

15. Do you have A.D.D.?
Not that I'm aware of...what was the question again?

16. Date Of Birth?
9-24-57

17. Top 3 thoughts at this exact moment:
1) How am I going to finish those videos; 2) Does the dog have mange?; 3) I need more coffee.

18. Name the last 3 things you have bought?
Milk, eggs, chocolate.

19. Name five drinks you regularly drink:
Coffee, tea, flavored carbonated water, diet soda, Rockstars.

20. What time did you wake up today?
6:20'ish am

21. Current hair?
Long and curly.

22. Current worry?
Financial

23. Current hate?
Hypocrites & unnecessary stress-- unnecessary stress is the worst, hypocrites I can ignore.

24. Favorite place to be?
Old Market in Omaha

25. Least favorite place to be?
Church-- or Iowa.

26. Where would you like to go?
Salem, Mass.

27. Do you own slippers?
No, I'm barefoot most of the time.

28. What do you think you'll be in 10 yrs?
Old...er

29. Do you burn or tan?
Burn!!! I have poor little white girl skin-- I glow in the dark.

30. Last thing you ate?
A bowl of cereal.

31. Would you be a pirate?
If it means that I would get to pillage and plunder.

32. Last time you had an alcoholic drink?
So long ago, I don't remember.  I'm a very *very* sporadic drinker.

33. What songs do you sing in the shower?
I don't sing.

34. What did you fear was going to get you at night as a child?
The entity that haunted my grandmother's house, other people experienced it also, so it wasn't just me.

36. Last thing that made you laugh?
My handsome sweet funny husband...Joe.

37. Best bed sheets you had as a child?
I didn't notice, they were just sheets.

38. Worst injury you've ever had?
A broken neck from a horse riding accident over 25 years ago.  (top two vertebrae fractured half-way through horizontally, bottom three vertebrae out of alignment-- I am in pain a great deal of the time)

40. How many TVs do you have in your house?
Three

41. Who is your loudest friend?
Nikki

42. Who is your most silent friend?
Sara

43. Does someone have a crush on you?
I doubt it.

44. Do you wish on stars?
No, I cast spells.

45. What is your favorite book?
1) "Mists of Avalon" by Marian Zimmer Bradly; 2) a 1902 edition of Tennyson's Poems; 3)  Anne Lindbergh's diaries and letters

46. What is your favorite candy?
chocolate, chocolate, and chocolate

47. What song do/did you want played at your wedding?
We were married at Next Millennium (a new-age shop in Omaha); whatever the DVD was that Charlie had playing that day.  I don't remember what it was-- everything happened so fast, it's kind of a blur.

48. What song do you want played at your funeral?
Something new agey and mystical and magical.

49. What were you doing 12AM last night?
Working on audio tapes to my online tarot classes.

50. Do you love someone?
Absolutely!
*Note: this image is courtesy of Pinterest.

This Is Where We're Sitting Right Now (Part 2)

It was towards the end of winter or early spring.  There was a casting call for a real live witch wanted for a reality tv show.  I thought for about two minutes and then contacted the casting director with my information.  Time is a fuzzy thing for me, so I don't remember how long it was exactly before he contacted me, or at that point it was actually his assistant, but it amounted to two or three weeks.

(We're still sitting in limbo on this thing, so I don't know how much info I can divulge, or would be allowed to divulge.  Just to be on the safe side, I'm not going to name the casting company, the casting director, or the network.)

Anyway, we received a call from the casting company, who seemed very interested, and we set up a time for the whole family to participate in a taped interview.  This was done over Skype (gotta' love technology).  It was a hoot.  It went on about four hours, one after the other of us sitting down in the chair, ahead of the camera, facing the director..."Don't look directly at me," he said, "Look directly into the camera when you're answering a question."  We were also not suppose to use pronouns, but to answer the question in complete sentences so when he edited the tape it would be very clear what we were talking about.  He also taught us a few hand signals-- the motions for 'wrap it up', more enthusiasm, cut, etc.

He told us that they usually don't allow other family members around when one is being interviewed, but they wanted to see how we interacted with each other.  It was actually a riot.  Little Emma was really shy and didn't want to talk to the director at first, until my daughter's boyfriend (whom Emma adores) picked her up, sweeping her off her feet, sitting her in the chair ahead of the camera; I handed Emma her cat, which she held during the process. (The casting director was absolutely terrific, he put Emma at ease within minutes.)

John (my son) came to the table for his turn, all 6' 2" of him with his super long hair and waxed mustache.  The director:  "There's a lot of girls out here (California) who would appreciate you."  "I'll keep that in mind." John shot back.

Beth (one of my daughters) was asked how honest and open we are with communication.  Can we talk about intimate things?  Give me an example of something your mother has told you.  Beth:  "My mom told me never to brush my teeth with mint toothpaste and give my boyfriend a blow job."...at this the director had a shocked looked on his face for a split second, burst into laughter, threw his arms in the air, and literally disappeared off his chair.

It was several weeks later that I received a call from the casting director.  He was over-the-moon excited.  He told me that the network loved our interview and we were in the top running against two or three other families for a new reality show.  There was one more hitch-- when the first interview was taped, Joe and my daughter Laura were working.  They missed out.  The casting director set up a date to tape them.

Joe had finally agreed to the interview (which at first he didn't want to do), the day came, and he went through it like a pro.  Then there was Laura-- she was in a bad mood that day and decided she wasn't going to do it.  The director was aghast.  It took us over three hours to persuade her to sit down for the interview-- the director was beside himself, running his hands through his hair, cajoling, convincing, pleading:  "She has no idea what's at stake here," he said.  "Financially, this has the potential to be big, really, big; it could change your life."

She finally agreed.  They talked.

The interview was completed.

Now we wait.

We've all said that if nothing comes from this, the experience itself was really cool.  How many people can say they've been interviewed for their own television show, it was a hoot.  We had fun, and it will be something to tell our grandkids about.  Life is full of surprises...but, just in case, we're keeping our fingers crossed.