I’m honest about my stupidity simply because I’m stupid more often than most.
I spent a weekend in Santa Cruz recently while on book tour. I was taking part in a literary retreat in which I had the opportunity to speak both formally…
Girl on horse
I grew up on the back of a horse. Until my parents divorced when I was about nine years old, our home and our lives were centered around the many…
Save the date
The Clowns, the rock opera written by Andy Mayo and myself, continues its march to Broadway with a weekend production at the Playhouse on Park in West Hartford, CT on…
Bloomingdale’s sucks. Whole Foods does not.
On Tuesday my wife was in Bloomingdales in Manhattan, attempting to make a purchase, when our debit card was declined. It turns out that the bank put a hold on…
My fictional relationships with women
I’ve had three serious but fictional relationships with women in my life. Each one was more serious than the last. My first began in elementary school with Annette Funicello. Annette…
Why I chose not to vote today and then did anyway.
Here is a fundamental truth about me:I do not like to be told what to do.The more I am told what to do, the less likely I will do it,…
A correction, an explanation, an inexplicable bit of British advice and a forgotten ferret
A few updates on recent posts: Last week I wrote about Paul McCartney’s recent decision to absolve Yoko Ono of any responsibility for the Beatles breakup, referring to him as…
Introduction conundrum
There a line in the rock opera, Rent, in which a character introduces herself by saying, “They call me Mimi.” I kind of like that. Do you think I could…
Small world indeed.
On Saturday I ran into Nicole, a woman who from New Hampshire who I met two years ago at a literary retreat in Vermont. Since meeting, we have gotten to…
Nuzzle!
It’s not uncommon for my daughter to demand a cuddle when she is upset. In fact, it’s quite common. A cuddle is one of the two most frequently used strategies…
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