Today it suddenly became overwhelmingly necessary that I organize my toiletries better and so a trip to Ikea was called for. I met John there and –– even though somehow it was weirdly complicated to get the cabinet not off the floor or in the large item section, but that I had to get an employee to do the ...

Today, after teaching one private, I found myself unbelievably exhausted. So since last night I decided to start ONCE UPON A TIME and (even though it reminds me so much of the first script I wrote and had optioned for a TV series), I can’t stop and have watched five episodes. I love that The Huntsman...

So fun to re-watch ANCHORMAN:  the legend of Ron Burgundy today. I love that the trailer has scenes that are totally not in the movie: After my first long beach excursion with Belle since the surgery and one new yoga private, following a dinner with Susan and John, I am feeling well … overwhelmingly...

To write about myself and my life after the CT shootings today. And –– although I have experienced so much Magic and Grace personally today –– I’d rather let it go at that. I love what my friend Sarah just posted and I’ll close with that: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the ne...

I made a simple yet profound discovery about Final Draft tonight. I knew it had various templates for screenplays and also for stage plays, but once you select one you are seemingly stuck. Then, however, I realized that you can just manually adjust the five or six pre-set formats (like CHARACTER or DIALOGU...

I participated in the global meditation today at 6:30 pm PST via the Master Shift with many thousands of others across the globe. And I thoroughly enjoyed it –– although I’m not sure if I felt any particular 12/12/12 magic, beyond that it was also Adrian and Tevis’ birthday. I take that back: ...

Loved BEGINNERS. My long lost friend (and cinematographer) Joaquin shot Mike Mill’s last feature (plus a lot of awesome GAP commercials), so I’ve long been aware and a fan. The film could have so crossed over the annoyingly quirky line, but instead was incredibly simple and sweet and extraordin...

Today, I walked to my doctors appointment and to my afternoon yoga client.  Grand total:  2 hours MOVING. And now … tonight … I’m going to try to start writing again (at least for an hour.) One more thing to report:  on the way to my yoga client, I stumbled on this Flat Stanley on the sid...

That is one of my favorite lines from the episode of THE BIG VALLEY –– the first season finale –– where super-beautiful Audra (a pre-Dynasty Linda Evans) –– has to have her appendix removed on a train. I may or may not weave part of this into my newsletter this month, but I’ve always remembered watch...