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...
Mary Zimmerman is really in a league all her own.
METAMORPHASIS was the play of hers that first really blew my mind –– and I’ve loved others since –– and today I saw WHITE SNAKE at Berkeley Rep and it was predictably astonishing.
It had the two hallmarks of her work I love:
Unbelievably imaginative ...
In all honesty, this WAS the photo on one of my Googles about appendicitis and healing today.
And I have to confess I was incredibly happy that my afternoon yoga client canceled (unaware that I’m still recovering).
But mostly I feel excellent –– Thank You Endless Rest & Short Walks –– and my majo...
I segued back to work today –– more or less –– with 2 client calls and sending out my first 20 Xmas cards. (If you’d like one, just let me know.)
I also took plenty of time to rest and relax and part of that –– besides all my usual shows on Hulu –– included watching DOUBLE JEOPARDY starring Ashley ...
I love that this is the opening of all the The Phantom Comics from the late 1930s (the first superhero ones after Mandrake the Magician).
So if you’re coming in late:
This Sunday had my appendix yanked out.
Home resting with Belle (while answering agent emails as we close our book deal).
Tomorrow (pr...
Somehow it came at an inconvenient time -– and I thought it might be too intense for any mood I was in –– but I avoided SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE when it came out, saving it for the right moment.
And that was tonight … and it was GENIUS.
And it felt like the story of my life.
UNBELIEVABLY...
Those are what the Kimochi (“a toy with feelings inside”) Octopus called Huggtopus has for feelings: Happy, Silly, Frustrated. And if you’re having trouble sharing your feelings, you can just indicate them with those little guys.
And that’s what Val and her parents gave me when th...
