Sammy Davis Jr. My first celebrity crush was this guy. The summer before I started high school I read his autobiography, Yes I Can, and I just crushed hard. All the Hollywood glamour, all the pain and suffering and racial injustice. And the eye, oh man the eye!!! Plus he was Jewish, and as aContinue reading “Crushed It”
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I’m Not a Poet and I Definitely Know It!
April is National Poetry Month, a time of year I try to read poems, search for new poets, read poets I know about but never even looked at their poems, and yap about poetry a little. I should really do this all year round. I am in awe of poets. I’ve written about five poemsContinue reading “I’m Not a Poet and I Definitely Know It!”
The “B” Word
At the end of December I sent a letter to the Big Man. I was hoping for an answer but you know how it is — crickets. Maybe he has an anal retentive elf at the front desk who screens all the mail or the weight and stress finally led to a cardiac event orContinue reading “The “B” Word”
Let the Dead Bury Their Dead
As if last year wasn’t bad enough, we lost a literary treasure in Randall Kenan, who died in August 2020 at the age of 57. Randall was my writing teacher at the first residential week-long workshop I attended as an adult way back in 1993. I didn’t have kids yet, my job was easy toContinue reading “Let the Dead Bury Their Dead”
Canadian Geese
A few nights ago I heard the geese. It was after midnight and I was reading a short story by Deborah Eisenberg from her book of the same title, Your Duck Is My Duck. The story has nothing to do with ducks or geese, or any kind of birds for that matter. But the timingContinue reading “Canadian Geese”
I Don’t Want the World to See Me
It’s not that I don’t like people. I’m just kind of an introvert. This is a hot topic right now and a way people are defining themselves thanks to books like Quiet. I bought the book but never read it, A friend of mine said she knows several people who did the exact same thing.Continue reading “I Don’t Want the World to See Me”
Hello Blogging My Old Friend
Why “In the Chair”? A girl’s gotta sit somewhere. Welcome to “In the Chair,” my new blog. It’s called “In the Chair” because all the writing greats and how-to-books and workshop instructors and motivational speakers tell you, get in the chair. Do the work, ship it, stop talking about it and just write. So IContinue reading “Hello Blogging My Old Friend”
And It Stoned Me To My Soul
Today I have a day off and I want to write. So I emptied and loaded the dishwasher, watched 2 cooking shows, finished the last chapter of Trans Atlantic, looked up recipes for vegan caesar salad dressing which led to trying to find recipes for inspiring lentil casseroles (an oxymoron?), which took me to toContinue reading “And It Stoned Me To My Soul”
Infused
End of the work day and off to the spa. Today the snack is peanut butter crackers, four in a pack. They bring me water in a Dixie Cup and Rachel Ray is on TV, but only for a few minutes because someone asks for Dr. Phil. This time the needle goes in after onlyContinue reading “Infused”
You’re Just My Type
A few days ago my car broke down. It was outside a Starbucks near Brown University. I waited for a tow for an hour and a half. Between calls to the dealership, the tow guy, and the vet (Dog Number 3 had her lady parts removed), there was a lot of good old fashioned peopleContinue reading “You’re Just My Type”
In the Chair 