Rants of the Newly Old

This month of slices has felt harder than usual. I’ve missed a couple of days without eve realizing it. That’s partly because I’ve been work...

Many of you are teaching students to write. You should know that many professional writers are still learning to write, and some of them don...

I need to apologize.             A year ago, a subgroup of one of my book groups read, a few chapters a month, Layla Saad’s “Me and White S...

             I like to take surveys. It’s probably a weakness, since it can take time that would be better spent reading or writing. Someho...

            I love small world stories, you know, when you discover someone you know also knows someone else you know, and you had no idea...

            I am not a basketball fan. The game goes too fast and you have to pay attention all the time. (That’s one ...

I was still attending Antioch College, but had to find my own jobs for part of my sophomore fall quarter. One short-li...

Last summer, I was having lunch with some friends, and they started listing all the jobs they’d had, which was not many. When I thought abou...

I spent the afternoon with a bunch of baseball buddies. We are all New York Mets fans. This group has been together fo...

Too much to do today Shower dress breakfast Stretches and exercise Therapist zoom Copyediting work Lunch 30-minute write CT sc...

James Turrell is one of my favorite artists. He creates works that “collect” light and make you think you see something you don’t. I first s...

My mother’s parents, Liz and Sam, met in New York City in the early 20th century. Both came from what is now south-central Ukraine, a town c...

Today I followed a recipe. It’s a very good recipe. I had made this dish before. Cod & Harissa Tagine with Olives and Almonds. I found i...

            I was supposed to meet a friend downtown to see a movie, in a theater! (First time in months.) Just 3 blocks to the subway from ...

My freelance work involves copy editing book reviews for a trade magazine, and the next day, cleaning up the digital f...