Perhaps my all-time favorite inspirational quote  comes from Winston Churchill: Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. Particularly since it sometimes feels like everyone successful was assigned a publicist at birth, crafting perfect sound bites about ...

Each and every time Belle lets go when we play Fetch, I am struck by how happy she is in the moment of release. There’s sheer joy that another round has begun, happiness that can only come from surrender.   It’s often said that all of yoga philosophy can be summarized as “Letting Go....

Tonight at dinner –– SK(W) and JW(K) and a surprise guest starring visit from LLS –– the waiter spotted Belle and said, “Just looking at her makes me happy.” Tell me about it! And then the staff gave her this enormous platter of bones, filet mignon and chicken fillets. H...

My blogging schedule has been thrown off by Vancouver. I returned late on Thursday night back to “The Loft” where I was staying.  Coming in post midnight,  changed everything.  [The Loft by the way, is fantastic –- owned by these two super-great guys and incredibly quirky and comforting all at ...

Woke up this morning with a rough plan of the day sketched out at dinner last night with Adrian, mostly of some work I had to do [more screenplay edits + a bid for a small directing gig … that sort of thing] and a list of various activities for us during his visit. Then, while checking email from my ...

Of course I’ve long known the historical/cultural reference, but I realize I’ve never seen an actual production of any kind of MEDEA. I was thinking about this today since I met up with Yale roommate Peter to retrieve my long-lost navy, Ralph Lauren, GO-ANYWHERE blazer that I left at their hous...

This Xmas I am not returning to Connecticut to be with my extended family. Instead, Belle and I are hanging VERY low in SF, enjoying the quiet and celebrating in our own way. The only person –– besides my Secret Santa –– that I have gifted is my faux–nemesis at the UPS store (a copy of UPWARD DOG), appropr...

If you have been reading here, you know I have been exploring deeply the Human Design situation of being an emotional projector and thus –– much like a Vampire unable to enter a home unbidden –– being required to WAIT for invitations for all major things in life. And in typically hilarious fashion, the Uni...

Yesterday felt that alignment was so needing to be my top priority that I headed right to Kabuki to soak.  Beyond necessary.  [And on the way, a double-sized bus pulled up next to me in the convertible –– I was baffled why –– so the driver could say he liked my ride.  Honestly.  He actually said, “So...