Sadly, Beverly Garland has died. As a kid I had hoped thought she was a long-lost sister of Judy Garland. But, I learned later, she was not. She was a B-Horror Movie Queen, a prolific television actress –the first policewoman on television (some of you younger kids might remember her from Scarecrow and Mrs. King, [...]

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<–that’s our Turkey Soap Dispenser I just pulled a pumpkin cream pie out of the oven. I’m thankful for the coming new year. a year of change. A year of hope. A year of dazzling prolificacy. I’m also thankful for this: **this was one of those cheesy products advertised in the sidebar on Facebook. You [...]

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Who will teach me to write? a reader wanted to know. The page, the page, that eternal blankness, the blankness of eternity whiich you cover slowly, affirming time’s scrawl as a right and your daring as a necessity; the page, which you cover woodenly, ruining it, but asserting your freedom and power to act, acknowledging [...]

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When I think of all of the issues of the NewYorker that went unread in my (subscription) lifetime it makes me want to cry. I absolutely LOVE reading NewYorker at the gym. No, not when i’m power lifting 160lbs over my head (wait, is 160lbs too light?), but on the elliptical (how many of you [...]

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What a great week. I’m loving the two classes i’m teaching: Advanced Composition and Creative Nonfiction (a workshop). In the comp class I focus on Media; we talk about politics, pop culture, movies/TV/music. This week we watched the documentary “The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in Hollywood” and discussed stereotypes in media. [...]

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I’m enjoying my moleskin diary. I’ve decided to title this diary ’39′ in honor of this being my 39th year. I want to see at the end of April (my birthday) what i’ve written in this year. Last Monday, the 25th, was the first day teaching my Creative Nonfiction class. It was a great first [...]

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I hadn’t cruised Ebay in a long time so recently while perusing stores for odd ephemera, movie star memorabilia, and other stuff I can clutter my life with, I came across this picture of Maximilian Schell. (of Judgement at Nuremberg –for which he won the Oscar–and The Black Hole). He was quite the hunky back [...]

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…check out how much my garden has grown! I’ve got Cayenne Peppers ripening red. I’ve been researching (aka Googling) how to cook with Cayenne Peppers and came across some interesting ideas like this. But if anyone else has some good ideas for what to do with Fresh Grown Cayenne Peppers please let me know. Here [...]

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Yikes. Where does the week go? I finished teaching on the 17th of July, then graded for a couple of days. Last week, however, I pretty much just chilled. Saw movies: Sex and the City –was ok, fun. I never really watched the show but Ted did. It seemed a tad too long but it [...]

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Yesterday we celebrated my sister Andrea’s 40th birthday (and also the finalization of the adoption of her baby, Olivia Claire). Ted and I were in charge of decorations (naturally) and so we made it a sort of luau theme. I can’t believe my sister is 40– which means i’m next– (my sister and I are [...]

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