The Reader
Breathless and apprehensive, I’m somewhere far away, in a place I’ve never been, a century before I was born. I’m reading a book. Reports that books will someday become obsolete as more media converts...
View ArticlePlease END “at the end of the day”
I can’t take it any more. It’s insidious. It seems that every interview, every pundit’s observation, every conversation includes the superfluous phrase, “at the end of the day…” Why do people think...
View ArticleBookmarks Readings at the Arts Center
As a variation on my songwriting, I decided to take a Memoir Writing class at the Arts Center in Troy, NY. I took several sessions of this over a period of about 4 years and it was a fabulous...
View ArticleSSShhhhhhhh…….
Long weekend; Movie Marathon. I’ve seen three in four days. Glorious! But, yesterday at the Colonie Center Regal Theater to see The Debt, a great thriller starring Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, Sam...
View ArticleOne Perfect Word
At the New Year, I wrote about making one word resolutions, inspired by my friend Kelly’s tradition. Kelly revealed her word to me this week: FLOURISH. I asked her to elaborate: Thesaurus:...
View ArticlePoetry from the heart
My mother loved reading, writing, and culture of all kinds. One of her aspirations was to be a published writer, and on the several occasions where her letters to the editor were printed in the Times...
View ArticleFifty Shades of Grey
I had to see what all the fuss was about. Fifty Shades of Grey, the fiction series burning up the book charts with its promise of racy prose, shocking erotica and a storyline featuring a naive virginal...
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