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It was such a gorgeous day yesterday that Drew and I wanted to go swimming. We called our gym, hoping that the outdoor pool might be open. Most outdoor swimming pools closed Labor Day weekend, and the gym pool was no exception.
I have always loved swimming, especially outdoors in the sunshine. Not only is swimming fantastic physical exercise, but it's also a wonderful meditative activity. I can't think about too much other than the present moment if I want to keep track of my lap count! Since voiceover is always on my mind, it's no surprise that I began thinking of parallels between swimming and voice-over during a recent swim.

Sunny summer day at the swimming pool at Lifetime Fitness, Duluth GA
Refashion. Reorganize. Remodel. Repair. Revise. Reinvent. Reshape. Reform. Rearrange. Repurpose. Revamp. Renew. Revitalize. Rejuvenate. No matter which word you pick, you now know what my web site designer and I “R” doing, which explains why I haven’t posted a blog entry in over a month. No worries. I have so many ideas about voiceover and […]
Karen’s narration of this entry Nothing lasts forever. The most unforeseen circumstances will swamp you and baffle the wisest calculations. Only vitality and plenty of it helps you. –WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING Washington Roebling’s name may not be familiar to you. He’s not in the voice-over industry. In fact, he has nothing to do with voice-over […]
Life has intervened to keep me away my blog this last month. Two weeks have passed since I started writing this little story from my recent cruise, which is relevant to voice talent. Drew and I were sitting in lounge chairs on the promenade deck one evening when another man and his wife sat next […]
The numerous new-age, Law of Attraction books that I have read all state that you have to detach from the outcome if you want your desires to be fulfilled. Recently, I read about the Law of Paradoxical Intent and had an epiphany concerning the progress of my voiceover career. In her brilliant, thought-provoking book Secrets […]
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. — Dr. Seuss This year marks 3 important anniversaries in my life: 10 years as a professional voiceover artist 20+ years as a loving wife to Drew 25+ years as a hard-working employee of […]
If you follow me on Twitter (and if you don’t, what are you waiting for?), you might have seen these 2 recent tweets about restaurants and not realized they could contain significance to you as a voice-over talent: Drew and I eat out several times a week. When I find something I like at a […]

