Archive for the 'Life and Life Only' Category


Yogi Berra

He was a team player in a world where stars dominated. The press was all about Mickey, but it was Yogi who we loved. And kept on loving long after his playing days were through, because although he was a member of the jockocracy, Yogi danced to the beat of his own drummer, he was […]

More Oslo

I forgot to tell you I went to the Viking Ship Museum! I’m back in Santa Monica and I feel like I’m still moving at 600 miles an hour. You know, that feeling where your body’s all tingly and you’re afraid you’re gonna lose your balance? I started early this morning in Oslo. Our takeoff […]

Oslo

Yesterday I was at the National Gallery looking at the paintings and I wondered if creativity stemmed from bad weather, sitting inside on a rainy day letting your mind go free… I just had an hour to kill, the museum was close by, and I walked into the halls and I was brought back to […]

Heathrow

I was looking for an outlet and then I realized I didn’t have the adapter. I’m in the BA lounge, waiting for my flight to Oslo. There’s a woman using her speakerphone in an indeterminate foreign language and it’s bothering me, you see I need to work in silence, but I will struggle through. I’m […]