Month: January 2009

As usual it was very difficult to pick a winner however I think Sasha Blinstein won it by a (nose) hair. Majestic rose the imperial tall ship, riding the waves, cresting, like twin draft horses plowing a deep furrow, driving […]

In eighth grade I was barely twelve and I was in love with the most beautiful boy. His initials were DL and his last name (much like my Lucy Factor) meant ‘the light’. He was as pretty as a girl […]

I think there is a natural inclination once a writer is published to think to herself that there is nothing now that is unknown about the process of writing well and concisely. Looking at glossy stacks of your own book […]

VERSUS THE ONLY TIME TO WRITE. I’ve figured it out. If I had my way (ha!) I would roll out of my bed shortly after dawn, stagger over to my computer and plunge in. No coffee, perhaps a few essential […]

Back in Berkeley when I trained as a boxer I used to run 3 miles a day. My knees twinge just thinking about it! Our house overlooked a park –and lest you’re imagining a Central Park kind of scenario let […]

Ok, I’m going to annoy some people here so let me say that I sincerely don’t mean to. I am not griping, I am not complaining, I am just wondering aloud. Too loudly perhaps since this musing is going off […]

This is not a NY’s resolution sort of a blog. I try to deal with my personal battles and foibles and slightly unpleasant character flaws all year not just on the one day when I am quite possibly not at […]

My son just did these two drawings and they just make me happy so I thought I’d post them. Happy New Year! ////////////////////////////////////////////////////