Carol Burnett played this role on Broadway in 1995. I'm hope to bring those comic vibes to my role alongside an amazing cast and crew. Moon Over Buffalo runs February 19th thru March 8th. Vagabond Players at The Bernie Legge Theatre. www.vagabondplayers.ca/moon-over-bu...

Today is all about poetry. Sometimes you just need that palate cleanser, to spend the day in beauty.

It's going to be a rainy walk to the theatre for tonight's rehearsal, but for now it's a perfect day to stay in and work on a spooky, dark story.

How 2025 made some people feel

A little bit of wardrobe fun for New Year's Eve 😆 🥂

2025 was a vintage year, a full-bodied glass of creative living through writing, theatre, travel, new opportunities, changes, challenges, and a few unexpected spills along the way. 2026 is lingering in the vat, soaking up the skin of last year, and aging into a new vintage. Happy New Year 🥂

Work lunch 😆

Counting my blessings 💞 Holding gratitude for a truly exceptional year and celebrating life. Sending love from my heart to yours and hoping you hold space for your own celebration no matter how small you deem it - it's significant because it's yours ⭐

Our Christmas morning movie. It doesn't need to be drawn from the Santa hat. It's always the same classic. A Christmas Carol, 1951, with the brilliant Alastair Sim. Bah, humbug!

Happy Christmas Eve 🎄🎁🥂 Wishing all a safe, happy and healthy season as we say goodbye to another year and slide quietly into a new one.

Rehearsals in motion for Moon Over Buffalo 🌛🦬 with Vagabond Players at The Bernie Legge Theater.

Wishing all a very Happy Yule, Happy Christmas or anything you honour in this time before a new calendar year. In each of our individual worlds, there's little things that can light up the darkness - so find them and let them give you the strength to push through to the light of a New Year🎄🥂❤️

The winter solstice ❄️ A time of transition, to cast off the energy that no longer serves you, time just for you, to breathe and recharge. Light a candle, welcome back the light, embrace the energy of a new season, awaken your dreams, and hold gratitude for the year that has passed. Happy Yule.

First read for Moon Over Buffalo. I am thrilled to be playing the role of Charlotte Hay, a Broadway actress who, according to her husband George, is apparently the world's oldest ingenue 😆😆 Time for a little romance, a little swashbuckling and a lot of mayhem.

I'm falling behind on my reading list due to revisions on one novel and research on another. This afternoon, going to curl up on the couch with this literary classic while the rain beads the window. "No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused"

Bonding with friends...and trees 😁

Being in the arts is about owning our success and knowing our accomplishments were recognized because of one thing - we did our best work.

The countdown to Christmas movie draw is in full swing. We've watched classics like White Christmas and Meet Me In St. Louis, & favorites like A Christmas Story, Elf and The Santa Clause. Tonight's pick, a triple feature of classic animated shorts, with the talents of Boris Karloff and Joel Grey.

Back on stage this winter with a fabulous cast and crew. It was a tough audition process, so much talent in the room, I was in awe of my fellow thespians ❤️🎭 Details to come...

We watched Meet Me In St Louis, followed the next night by The Wizard of Oz. Classics that live in my heart ❤️ Tonight's countdown to Christmas movie draw from the Santa hat - a fun Friday night selection 😄

Tonight's movie draw from the Christmas hat A personal favorite ❤️❤️

For Halloween we pick movies from the cauldron.... Now it's time to pull the Christmas movies (or the movies we watch at this time of year) from the Santa hat Tonight's our first draw 🎄⭐☃️

It's baking season 😄 I'm not usually a baker, but my husband started talking about it last night and I got inspired - orange zest shortbread drizzled with dark chocolate.

Relaxing in the desert twilight @lavkulich.bsky.social

Current view 😍

Creative nesting in the desert 😍

Getting ready for my hubby's birthday celebration in wine country. The desert air agrees with me - still dry - at least until that next bottle of wine 😁🍷

I am truly grateful to live this life. It's Remembrance Day in Canada, and without the sacrifice of our soldiers I would not have this life. The world is always changing, tomorrow is never promised so I live in gratitude today where I can call my life my own ❤️ - and I never take it for granted 🙏

Me in my happy place in the desert sun 🌞 A wine tasting at Black Hills and then searching for those elusive wild horses in the hills of Osoyoos 🐎❤️

Author at work! @jgchayko.bsky.social decides what project to work on next

Morning yoga and writing view 🧘‍♀️

Happy National Fountain Pen Day Happy writing 🤩

Autumn has really shown up for Vancouver this year 🍂🤩

Love my morning yoga view 😍

Happy Samhain 🎃 Tonight we prepare to embrace the dark half of the season, to sweep away the energy that no longer serves us, and sow the seeds of new dreams and possibilities in a new year. Blessed be 🧙

What a magical night 🎃 An array of spooky stories and poems from the writing ( & ghostly) communities @rclas.bsky.social & Haunted History BC I thoroughly enjoyed everyone's readings and what a wonderful prelude to All Hallows Eve. And I thank the king to my queen, for his neverending support.

Pumpkin yoga Getting ready to celebrate Samhain with gratitude for a good harvest year.

October 29th, Royal City Literary Arts Society presents Tellers of Short Tales with the sisters of Haunted History B.C. Join us as we share some spooky themed stories for the haunting season. Dress up and bring your own ghostly poems to share 👻🎃😱 CENTENNIAL LODGE, Queen’s Park New Westminster

The Crime Scene. Our last event with @writersfest.bc.ca on a rainy Sunday night. Thank you Vancouver Writers Festival for another brilliant literary season.

Back @writersfest.bc.ca this morning for building suspense. Perfect for this author who just finished her crime suspense novel this year.

About last night....words, stories, new writing friends, old writing friends, twists, laughs, crime, mystery, and suspense mixed with a wee bit of whiskey. Thank you Noir at the Bar for being a fabulous host at The Shebeen. This writer's soul is full ❤️

Tonight! Noir at the Bar. Join us in the shadows, let us take you down into the dark underbelly of crime and suspense. 7:00pm. The Irish Heather. J.G. Chayko Dietrich Kalteis John Farrow Charles Demers Craig Bowlsby Sean Cranbury Emmet Matheson Sarah M Stephen Shane Joaquin Jimenez

Tonight's event at the Vancouver Writers Festival is the UBC night class, where writers get to flex their writing muscles alongside their peers.

Writing was a bit problematic due to construction around my building, but the Vancouver Writers Festival Bookstore on Granville Island was a pretty good substitute 😍

#VWF2025 kicks off tonight with Oh, Canada!: The Alma Lee Opening Night, featuring Bob Joseph, Kate Beaton, Linden MacIntyre, Emma Donoghue, Canisia Lubrin, David Moscrop, Brent Butt & Jack Wang. Hosted by Elamin Abdelmahmoud and presented with @createastir.ca. writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...

This author is thrilled to attend the opening night event for the Vancouver Writers Festival 🤩 This special event is dedicated to the creator of the festival, Alma Lee. She brought together the #literary community. Tonight we celebrate her legacy with extraordinary Canadian authors.

Tonight's movie draw from the cauldron - perfect for a windy rainy night. Often renowned literary books don't translate well to movies - but there are exceptions. This is the original 1963 classic.

Join me and other writers of crime on Thursday October 23rd for Noir at the Bar. 7:00pm The Irish Heather, Vancouver BC. Come join us in the shadows 🔎 J.G. Chayko Dietrich Kalteis John Farrow Charles Demers Craig Bowlsby Sean Cranbury Emmet Matheson Sarah M Stephen Shane Joaquin Jimenez

"Unearth your own literary harvest, find your kernels, purge and plant those ideas that are haunting you, curl up with good books and a hot cuppa, and find time to nestle into a season of literary abundance." Here's a taste of what I'm up to this literary season. jgchayko.com/corkboardsan...

Morning yoga view. Have a peaceful Monday ❤️🧘‍♀️