“Go to the ugliest or most forlorn place you know — a drugstore parking lot, the front porch of a crack house, a toxic waste dump, or the place that symbolizes your secret shame — and build a shrine devoted to beauty, truth, and love. Here are some suggestions about what to put in your sh...

Loved this documentary about Andrew Salgado so much I watched it twice on Sunday. Thoroughly recommended as a way into one artist’s creative life. To my horror though, in articles last year his work was selling for $2-3,000…but when I see close-ups of the sale we’re in the $15-20,000 rang...

My great friend @sezinc brought me back this gorgeous mala ‬ from Turkey. I noticed it has the traditional 108 beads and then an extra 30 (which is very rare.) Extensive research (read HERE) reveals that those are for either “acquisition of wealth” or “dexterity in black magic.” Hon...

This Letter from my great friend Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy––the writer known as SARK––is so beautiful and moving, it’s worth sharing in its entirety: My most beloved partner, husband of my soul, co-author & co-teacher Dr. John Waddell, aka Mr. Wonderfull, died on March 5. He slipped away so el...

Nobody said it better: “The art of losing isn’t hard to master…” Thank you again, Elizabeth Bishop. ONE ART The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost do...

My Dad died this October 2nd. When they asked me to do the eulogy…well, I just couldn’t. (My brother did a fine job). Only after the funeral did I realize what I might have said. Growing up in the 1930s, like many Catholics, my Dad was a member of The Legion of Decency (1933-1980), an organizat...

Getting ready for Belle’s Birthday party this Sunday is a full-time job. Just finished preparing the food for the “secret” After Party. And do we think 45 helium balloons are enough? (I just don’t want to leave her scarred her from a tragic lack of attention.)