I want you to read a book. I know that’s asking a lot.  You’ve got to buy it, you’ve got to dedicate time, and I’m not even sure you’ll be riveted. But you will be stunned.  Because you’ll see yourself in it. "Juliet, Naked" is the latest Nick Hornby novel.  Yes, the guy who wrote […]

I can’t fall asleep, I ate too much pastrami. That’s a birthday tradition.  A movie, a sandwich at Langer’s and a hot fudge sundae.  Although it didn’t go down exactly that way today.  You see the movie was too long to make it to the gig so we went to the movie first which meant […]

You might not understand it.  You might be well-adjusted, you might fit in, you might be happy where you are.  But some of us need a fresh start.  We need to leave, move on, to a place where we can be accepted on our own terms, where we can reinvent ourselves, live the life in […]

Did your life work out as planned? I try not to think about it.  But occasionally it hits me right in the face.  My dreams and my reality. I had an unscheduled detour this morning.  Felice’s brother was suddenly leaving town.  If I wanted our skis, I had to go to his house now.  Which […]