Jul 29, 2018
I was near tears through much of the service today, unable to join in the singing (which I think for the people sitting close to me qualifies as a plus) and getting lost in thought about the shooting. Not that the service itself was a downer, quite the contrary....
Jul 27, 2018
This is the essay I wrote for Karen Krogh’s excellent photographic portrayal of the year following the shooting (ten years ago today). Her photos, along with this and two other essays, all very different but each powerful and compelling in their own right,...
Jul 21, 2018
I’m back from my trip to Atlanta. Suzanne has been down there since the 8th, in case my daughter’s first child was born early. Turns out Avi arrived three days later than the projected due date. He is four days old now. Four days old. I’ve lived his lifespan more than...
Jul 15, 2018
I think one of the reasons that I took my somewhat circuitous path through the work force was the pleasure I took in the creative process. Before I stepped away from that world I was fortunate enough to have been part of the creation of four programs: the Behavioral...
Jul 11, 2018
Since I’m 66 now, halfway to 132, I thought I’d see who my contemporaries are. Turns out it’s a rather varied crew: Born in 1952: Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya!), Dan Ackroyd, and John Goodman, but also Harvey Weinstein, Pee Wee Herman, and Vladimir Putin. Mr. T. and...
