There is a Nathan’s hot dog truck in front of the Metropolitan Museum in New York City. Before I go inside to check out the Michelangelo exhibit, I stop and order a dog, mustard only. I do that because I am a child of Nathan’s. It’s what I know about […]
And now a word about Jerry Lewis, for no other reason but I have been thinking about him…I know that Lewis had a reputation for being, well—let’s just say—difficult. The first movie I ever saw on the big screen was The Bellboy. My father took me and my sister to […]
Welcome to my blog. The idea is, I write about stuff that interests me, in the hope that it will interest you. I admit it, I have eclectic taste. I watch and read so you don’t have to, and what I share here will save you (valuable) time and (even […]
It took me ten years to get this essay to the point where I thought it was good enough to submit for publication (all thanks to Professor David Ulin, who pushed me where I needed to go). I was at my first Association of Writers and Writing Programs convention, scoping […]