A Sundance post to come, but as I hamster frantically to get caught up with schoolwork after my weekend adventure, a small reward for past work: I have a short story called “Superman Falling” in the the current issue of of Colorado Review. When I arrived home from Park City, my check had arrived–woo hoo! … Read more
There are no cute low-heeled non-ugg-like winter boots in L.A. At least that I could find. But I found these online:I ordered them in two sizes. I hoped they would arrive in time. I hoped they would fit. They did. It was like a miracle…a sign? And even if it wasn’t, if I was making … Read more
Two weeks after C and I bought our tickets on Southwest, I ran my other professor for next semester. The class he teaches is large, and usually consists of screening a film I could probably rent, so I was very casual when I mentioned that I would be missing his first class, but having a … Read more
Since I first heard it, I’ve been fascinated by that story that goes “Once there was an old man who live in a village. He had one horse, and one son. One night, the horse ran away, and everyone said “Oh, bad luck.”But the old man said ‘maybe so, maybe not.”The next week, the horse … Read more
Before Christmas, I got a cold. First the aching, then the sore throat, then the upper respiratory fun that always follows. I toughed it out with echinacea teas and extra rest when I could swing it. But I got worried when, two weeks later, I was still having intermittent coughing fits…and of course the multi-shaded … Read more
Well, things did not go as planned today. The plan was to not eat, but to write and read and be happy. Instead I did not eat, but got hungrier and crankier as spent four hours on the telephone talking to over two dozen different people, waiting on hold, all to find out what the … Read more
Tomorrow I observe my annual ritual…the colonoscopy. I have discussed this before, I think, that the procedure–which involves little pain and fun drugs, tends to be less offensive than the prep–liter’s of foul tasting saline that “clean you out.” The prep begins tonight, but first, the pre-prep–in the form of a fast of sorts. I … Read more
Friends Matt and Lotte have been visiting from Melbourne, Australia, and as a result, in the past few days I am happy to have done some things I have long said I was going to do, but had not: Thursday night we made it out dancing after years away from the floor! The dance we … Read more
It is now 12:36, and we are home from our eve’s adventures–first stop a splendiforous fondue spread hosted by our friend Kendall, who hosted an “East Coast New Years Eve”-popular with out friends who have children this year, as the ball drops at 9pm and the kids can be in bed by ten. Then we … Read more
During the recent illness of my friend/employer, she couldn’t move around much and found it difficult to concentrate on reading, so we spent much of our time watching television. This was a treat for me, as I don’t often watch television. Because she wasn’t feeling well, she preferred easy-to-digest shows such as cooking shows, procedurals … Read more