Those messages I sometimes get from the universe….. well, this one came written in capital letters on the front of a book: If You Knew Suzy….. It’s the first selection of a new online book club I joined. Though the club doesn’t want us to do reviews, I’ll say this: I wish I had written […]
Shooting blanks
Me and July 4th. If you don’t know what I mean, read my last post. Or read this one. Every year– just getting through the day, I feel as if I dodged a bullet. This year the bullet struck just as the clock struck. July 4th had barely dawned. It was the middle of the […]
Independence on Independence Day
I don’t go to fireworks on the fourth of July. They’ve always come to me. Over the years, by some awful coincidence, Independence Day is when my mother died; my father died; my husband and I told our kids we were separating and he was moving out; and I got my cancer diagnosis. […]
Catherine Keener: my new BFF
Dear Catherine: I’ve never written a fan letter– so think of this as a “friend” letter– because after seeing many of your films, that’s how I think of you. As someone I’d like to know. How could anyone NOT like you? As usual, you were wonderful in your latest film—Please Give. So was the rest […]
A Bug’s Life
For anyone like me who’s ever lived in Florida, you don’t need me to identify this. For anyone who hasn’t, this is a good reason to stay out of the entire state. It’s a Palmetto bug—and the name sounds a lot cuter than it is. Basically, they’re cockroaches on steroids. Unlike cockroaches in other states, […]
The Patriarch
On Father’s Day I got to connect with the fathers in my family —except the one who matters most. The Patriarch. That’s what we called him—in life and even in death. It’s inscribed on his gravestone. And it suits him. He was a mentor to many; taking care of everyone from extended family to employees […]
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