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...

I had a very productive day –– several client calls, lots of work for my January gallery show, ending with a dinner with Susan and John and Val and Clark and Jonah and his friend and Val’s parents –– but I have to admit that I’ve been meditating non-stop on all the life lessons from this week&#...