Photo courtesy of Lenny Gotter. Four years ago, our friend Jacque came to visit from Chicago. During her stay, she and Kara started talking about a new routine for her air guitar persona, Jessie Spandex. The character was inspired by caffeine-pill-popping overachiever Jessie Spano—played by Elizabeth Berkley in the '90s teen sitcom Saved by the Bell . Berkley later became famous as Vegas dancer Nomi Malone in the notorious camp classic Showgirls. By the end of her visit, Jacq

KIDDING! Kara never won the national title. This was taken IN CASE she won the national title. U.S. Air Guitar National Championships, Nashville, Tennessee, 2019. Photo courtesy of Kyle Payton. I wouldn't have missed the U.S. Air Guitar finals in San Francisco this year. But knowing I'd get to watch someone win Kara's award up close and personal made it even more enticing. Not only that, but the filmmakers I've been working with, Adam and Bethany, decided at the last minute

Photo courtesy of J. Levinson for blog promotional use only. This weekend, I will be landing in San Francisco, Calif., for the U.S. Air...

"Last Christmas" with my baby, 2022 The First Christmas After the Last Christmas For those mourning a loved one during the holidays I had...

"I hope I don't cheapen it by saying it so much but I do love you and want you to get through this too. We walk through the dark forest...

Note: Please don't jump to the bottom, but read straight through... for a Very Special Bonus from the Queen of Sparkle! Two Thursdays...

Hello, everyone! In the midst of a brief hiatus, I am back on Kara's blog to celebrate May 4, the informal holiday that commemorates the...

As of today it's been six months since Kara sparkled on. It even happened on the same day: A Thursday. With the help of her mushroom...

(Yes, that is a Rob Zombie reference) Plans... Professional video from the Sparkle Celebration is on the way. I am pondering how to make...

It's true, we CAN rock 'n 'roll together, and Kara would love it if we did! Seriously, if you have a special place in your heart for the...

Cancer journey co-pilot's log star date 12/22/23. This is my first Christmastime without my co-pilot riding beside me in the captain's...

l love air guitar. I enjoy the silliness and the creativity that it brings out in adults as well as myself who I guess can be considered...

I had to shoot a second video for the air guitar competition that is happening this Saturday on the US Air Guitar channel on Twitch at...

I had a feeling when my nurse couldn’t flush the line to my port before she attached the chemotherapy pump that I would be back 😳 “Well,...

In case you are wondering I did not win the first ever online sanctioned US Air Guitar competition that happened last Saturday but I did...

Once again I wrote a huge chunk of blog post and it completely disappeared, ha! Maybe the universe was telling me that I needed to start...

I just finished my 60 second air guitar edit yesterday and I really like it! Than again I always like my air guitar edits and even take...

Four years ago, a pair of angels disguised as my clients paid for three years of massage so that Charles and I could go the World Air...

At its best, air guitar is performance art. At its worst... well, at least it's sixty seconds. Better than an ironic, off-key karaoke...

Me as a cross roads demon. A kiss for your soul? I grew up in turmoil. The chaos stretched and twisted around me like a boa constrictor,...