I’ve shared that I’m a fan of the home show Fixer Upper. The most recent episode found the show’s stars working on a home that had been in a chick’s family for quite a while and had been…
Before the Dawn
I’ve been getting up before daylight lately, and there are a few things I really like about it. It’s quiet. And I do mean quiet. Not a single trash truck or airplane passes. Traffic is all but…
Something to Think About
The other night I saw a brief interview with Amal Clooney. She spoke about Maldives and how most of us, when we think of it, picture a beautiful vacation paradise. And then she said something that stuck with…
Tough Week
This week was a tough one. I mourned and mourned again. Then I rose to lovely emotional heights. A lot of ground was covered and my soul took a beating. Life is like that sometimes. Ups and…
“She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry”
Lordy, lordy. Sometimes I see a movie that just rocks my world. That happened the other night when I attended a screening of “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry.” Wow! This documentary about the female trail-blazers of the…
No. Thank YOU.
Alan Rickman. In the late ’90s, I did some work here in Los Angeles for the musical non-profit “The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation” (MHOpus). One night there was a benefit concert at UCLA, conducted by the late…
Joey Alexander
Yesterday I put on the newest CD in our collection: Joey Alexander’s “My Favorite Things.” This jazz disc is not only fabulous to listen to, it’s also incredible to think the artist at the piano is 12 years old…
Alive and Kicking
This is a bike rack. Or rather, it was a bike rack before a reckless-driving teenage boy careened off the road and onto the sidewalk and ripped it out of the pavement. Said sidewalk was adjacent to a…
The Sun Machine is Coming Down
Given my tendencies toward recollection, you may find it hard to believe that I don’t particularly enjoy visiting my past. There was a lot of ugliness growing up, and dwelling on it is, to say the least, uncomfortable.…