Dear Doris Faye
Dear Dog, This morning started deceptively cool and breezy with no hint of the stagnant heat to come. I lay …
Monthly Archives: June 2011
All Stop
It’s not that easy. Would that it were, but there are too many assumptions for it to be that easy. …
Flaming
“You did check to see if you could ignite a blow torch in the building, didn’t you?” asks she who evaluates my presentation. …
Dining Out with Friends
“No one escapes childhood unscathed.” Mother longed to play Barefoot in the Park, but Jane Fonda got it. She rehearsed …
You oughta be in Pictures!
Organza & Tulle Letty Bowen had an eye for merchandise. She epitomized taste and flair. She was class. She was style. “I …
Ground Control to Major Tom
The sex scene in the pool in Cocoon (Steve Guttenburg/Tahnee Welch, 1985), illustrates the pelvic explosion I felt in my trousers …
Baking Failures
One symptom of my neuroses is that simple things cannot be simple. An easy recipe for lemon bars, for example: …
