Today, I devoted EVERYTHING to sorting through files on my computer. Susan is totally united with me on this –– and I know that there are others of you out there who would agree –– but there is NOTHING more satisfying than this kind of internal housekeeping. (And, of course, it̵...

A day or so ago, I finally downloaded WORDS WITH FRIENDS and almost instantly my friend Brandin found me and started a game. Then I logged into Facebook and another friend found me –- Sophie Chiche who did our INTERVIEW for her great site LIFE BY ME –– followed by Val last night when I mentioned I was play...

This morning began with a tremendous reunion, with Emily Stone –- friend, supporter, and one of the first buyers of my visual art, recently portrayed in the New York Times.    (And by this article, she has outed herself as “not poor” in the yoga community –– so brave!). Emily is so smart and so...

I bought this wine at Trader Joe’s because I really liked the label (I have a thing for Owls).  I also like its name –– BABBLE –– and since I’m feeling slightly unfocused at the moment, I figure why not have it inspire my title. Actually, a lady clerk at Trader Joe’s named McKenna asked m...

I realized that Belle’s state of super-playfulness this morning with Brian at Acre was a clear indication that she really needed another beach walk ASAP. Since last Sunday’s crazy waves, I’ve been postponing that first because her digestion was off and then it was just a little too rainy ...

This morning began with a little exercise from everyone’s favorite alien Bashar of “acting out” –– more than just visualization, really carrying out things out, almost in a play-acting way (like a kid pretending to be a rock star singing into a hairbrush.)  I won’t ...

One of my all time favorite stories comes from Stella Adler –– I conducted her last interview for my book, ACTING NOW –– although I think I heard it first in a documentary I assisted with for AMERICAN MASTERS. When Stella Adler and Harold Clurman, the great American theater director...

There’s something a little cruel about “Spring Ahead” –– it always feels like you’re losing an hour. [There’s a funny little poster of a Native American saying, “Only the U.S. Government would believe that cutting the bottom off a blanket and sewing it back on to the top...

OK, technically one’s a David and one’s a Dave (and I respect that given that I’m an “Edward,” and while a hard-core group of college roommates and people who’ve known me since the Eisenhower administration call me “Eddie” (which I love), I’m not so kee...