Watched David Sedaris–live! Attended a panel about resistance in the Middle East followed by a DJ. Read slush-pile stories for the Southern California Review. Saw live prose and poetry for my writing program at The Last Bookstore. Homework. Class. A lecture on “platform building” (that’s on social networks, not actual construction). Homework. Class. Family dinner/game. … Read more
Paul and I just spent four delightful days in the city of New York. We saw friends and family, and old professors, and I even unexpectedly ran into an old friend from Indiana. We over-ate and over-spent, and in between I stole a few hours here and there to write a little–oh and I found … Read more
“In the weeds,” as any chef, or connoisseur of reality cooking show knows, is what cooks say when they are overwhelmed and behind in the kitchen. I’m a little in the weeds right now. I’m coordinating this kind of big event at work that will happen tomorrow. There’s audio and video and a website, food … Read more
Had a good weekend. Friday night I made my way to the Barnes and Noble in Santa Monica to hear readings by students and faculty of the program where I’m taking classes. I was so impressed by the quality of the work, and kind of in awe that I know so many people making that … Read more
Was browsing this blog that I really like, and saw this report; Most falsely believe chemo is curative According to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine although chemotherapy is the primary treatment for patients with lung and colorectal cancer, it is not curative. In an American national survey of 1193 advanced-stage patients, … Read more
Today I opened a storage room that hadn’t opened for a long time and found some boxes. I opened the boxes, that had not been opened for an even longer time and found some tapes an journals. I opened the journals, which might not have been opened since they were written in–and find I was … Read more
So the other day on Facebook, I saw that my friend “Amanda” was going to Costa Rica for 11 months. I congratulated her in the comments section. The next day, “Jodie” wrote that she was moving to London for two years, and some time later “Kris” said she’d be in the Dominican Republic for three … Read more
Dear Person Reading This, I want to write about the many things I’ve been reading (at the cost of writing), but since I’m at work, I’ll be brief(er) and just mention the newest thing I’m going to be reading: Emails from folks like Lena Dunham, Etgar Keret and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar courtesy of film-maker and eclectic … Read more
In February of 2003, a few months after my cancer diagnosis and surgery, I attended a cancer retreat in the Yarra Valley outside Melbourne, Australia. It was an amazing ten days, that helped me transform my cancer experience into something that had value and meaning for me. Part of what made the experience amazing were … Read more
As this is a record of sorts, of my creative progress, it bears mentioning that I have been flailing lately in my creative life, and well, just my life. I haven’t posted much about it, not because it’s an emotional topic (though it is) so much as it is one that is difficult to capture … Read more