Words: 1,926 Music: Puccini, Verdi, Bach, etc. I still can’t get over how green everything is. The crepe myrtle in the front yard has bloomed, and the pink against the wet green is both soft and startling. Wind chimes: Everything was dark and green today. This was a jammies and Read more…
Words: 1,200 Music: Bach violin concertos I was thinking about this recently because of screenwriter Josh Olson’s blog in The Village Voice. Among Olson’s many pearls of wisdom there is this: It rarely takes more than a page to recognize that you’re in the presence of someone who can write, Read more…
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls: I have commenced book 3. With TUMB off to the first readers and my week free of all other distraction except for sudoku, Facebook, Google, e-mail, various fora, and the backlog of New Yorkers, I have begun. It ain’t much, but I’ll take it. Read more…