2025 Christmas Letter
January 2026 Dear Family and Friends, As another year comes to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on just how full 2025 has been. It was a year of movement, learning, connection, and more than a few moments that reminded us to slow down and appreciate where we are. Travel was a big part of […]
2024 Christmas Book
January 7, 2026 This year Tom created a book — a storybook using AI figures, based on his life growing up on a farm in Virginia. It was charming, sweet, and a delight to our friends. Alas, it can’t be copied here.
2023 December Christmas
January 2024 Dear Family and Friends, We both are so thankful to have another opportunity to share our year with you! Life is so short and unpredictable that just knowing that friends are still here is reassuring! So, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! Know that you are loved and appreciated! Now, here’s […]
2022 December Christmas
December 2022 Dear Family and Friends, Two thousand and twenty-two marked my 50th year as a professional actor. I decided to celebrate with travel. Lots of it! My sister Jeanne met me in NYC in March for a jam-packed eight days. We met again in April in South Bend, IN, to join family members to watch […]
2021 Tom’s Chronic Pain PR exposure
12-28-2021 Tom Norris Chronic Pain researcher, advocate & facilitator (spouse of Marianne Muellerleile) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tom.norris.31Twitter: @jtomnorrisYouTube: https://youtu.be/FOKwI_xAbTsYouTube: https://youtu.be/0hkmqk-F99gYouTube: https://youtu.be/ehvlzhNNj9UYouTube: https://youtu.be/KVCys-YP2yYYouTube: https://youtu.be/2p2L5USJCWASpectrum News 1: https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/exploring-your-health/2019/09/23/why-pain-hurts–understanding-pain-and-the-brain-caSpectrum News 1: https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/exploring-your-health/2019/09/23/hijacking-the-brain–scientists-are-using-vr-to-treat-chronic-pain-caSpectrum News 1: https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/exploring-your-health/2019/09/23/using-meditation-and-yoga-to-relieve-chronic-pain-caNational Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/scientists-are-unraveling-the-mysteries-of-pain-feature WCAX 3: https://www.wcax.com/content/news/Study-suggests-pain-could-be-risk-factor-for-suicide-492898181.html British Journal of Medicine/Protocol for NIH: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/6/e050545Doctors 2.0: http://www.doctors20.com/patient-experience-virtual-reality-cedars-sinai-vmed19-silber/Pain Podcast: https://www.bloodstreammedia.com/the-pain-podcast-episodes/s2e8-the-final-journeyNPR Take Two: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/19/751495463/got-pain-a-virtual-swim-with-dolphins-may-help-melt-it-awayWebsite: https://acpafacilitatorsresources.com/Website: https://chronicpainla.com/Seminar for Alliance to Advance Comprehensive Integrative […]
2020 December Christmas
Dear Family and Friends, We returned from a rewarding but very difficult trip to Peru in January. In February, Tom flew to DC to work with the Dept of Defense again, evaluating medical grant requests for work on chronic pain. I stayed home and shot two commercials, for Kabbage (never aired) & Geico (“Aunts” multiple […]
2020 Zoom talk to the Missouri National Society of Arts & Letters
Dear Family and Friends, INTRO: Thank you Kathryn for that introduction and for inviting me to speak with your membership. This month marks my 48th year as a professional actor. What part to talk about? My husband Tom suggested I answer the questions, I most often receive. Great idea! Here is question #1 out of […]
2019 Christmas Greeting to All!
I have had a year of productive puttering. My goal to purge was kicked into high gear when we decided to put 2019 technology into our 1905 home. We now have central air/heat and a fully insulated home. Please visit our attic and basement. Be inspired! It took a team of 10, 40 hrs/wk for […]
2018 Christmas Letter
Dear Family and Friends, We traveled too much this year, literally. Six planned trips, three unplanned: South Africa, Monticello, Iowa (niece Allie’s wedding), Chicago, Vancouver, Alaska, St. Louis, Atlanta, Mammoth Lakes, CA, Washington, DC, Singapore (Allie’s second wedding to her husband, Kel Vin), Bali, Sydney AUS, New Zealand. We were on the road 94 days. […]
THANK YOU DONORS!!
Heifer LA 2018 (for ticket information click https://www.heifer.org/events/la/index.html . Kids 15 and under FREE!!) Many thanks to each of our Opportunity Drawing Donors! (Over 29k in donations!) We couldn’t do it without you! Adam Friedman Andre Adams Anna’s Hair Anonymous Barbara Linkevitch Birla Angelica Bree Abel Rotter Buddy Powell’s Commercial Acting for Adults Cecilia Castellano Center Theatre […]