Early October Reflections
I am not sure if I am fasting on Yom Kippur. I probably will. I am sure I got sick last Wednesday and cancelled my Thursday colonoscopy....
The Heckler ‘n Other September Stuff
At Writers’ Night at a Chelsea bar, my talented friends, Mindy and Stephanie, read their work and my play section with me. The heckler,...
Not Labor Days
My biker guy, who rode 88 miles for Dana Farber in Massachusetts, rode the Pacific waves in Santa Monica on a boogie board. I boogied in...
Writers' Night
I am honored to be reading with these talented writers at Kasteli Cafe on Sept. 9. In addition to reading their work, my friends and...
TRUMP’S RACIST BONES TO BROADWAY’S SCOUT
Inspired by Trump’s claim that he doesn’t have a racist bone in his body, Nicholas Kristof wrote this gem for the NY Times op-ed page. My...
Mr. Know-it-All
I read “Mr. Know-it-All (The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder)” by John Waters by the water. The ocean. In Montauk. It went down well...
Pride
Still using rainbow plates and napkins from my reading. Some audience and cast members gave me super comments after, while eating the...
With Love on Father's Day
Below is an essay I posted here last year. It was published as an op-ed piece in The Buffalo News last June. The above picture was taken...
Reading and Writing and Promoting and More
Because it’s almost June. June, June, June. Just because it’s June. June. June. No sparkling prose. No flat prose either. Just...
Rejection Party, Tic and Tac, Your Contest
On Saturday, I attended the Dramatists Guild Rejection Slip Festival at a bar in Brooklyn near Prospect Park. I recently joined the...