Young members of my family treated me to a night of Jazz and R & B and a grand mix of musical genius at the Village Inn on Balboa Island. It was an energizing and joyful experience and reminded me of a few words in my book Meg & Charlie expressed by Charlie about how …
Monthly Archive: June 2011
Jun
25
ARE THERE NO ORIGINAL LINES?
An often uncredited brilliant screen writer died this week at the age of 87. David Rafiel worked most often with the better known Sydney Pollack on films such as Three Days of the Condor; The Way We Were and Out of Africa. I read a few years ago that he wrote the line, “You think …
Jun
24
ON BEING OF AN AGE MEG
Can it be true that we shouldn’t worry so much about mistakes that we make? What if it is true that a joyful life is bound to be filled with mistakes? That there is no thrill without making mistakes. Is it important to have a thrilling and joyful life? Is it better to be “careful” …
Jun
22
The Framing of The Cover!
Michelle, I am having the cover of Meg & Charlie enlarged to portrait size before framing. By doing this I ensure that no one will miss it in my tea cup apartment. Unless you think this is too much.
Jun
17
FACEBOOK USERS ARE MORE EVERYTHING
Jessica Guynn reports that Facebook users who log in multiple times a day are more likely to feel that most people can be trusted. They are also more likely to attend a political rally or meeting and are more likely to vote as well as try to pursuade someone else to vote. She also reports …
Jun
15
FINAL HEIST
Just finished chapter 5 of Final Heist. It’s about an undercover cop working with jewel thieves, who is conflicted when a family tragedy happens and he has to play a part in two worlds.
Jun
14
A TIGER HIDING IN THE BUSH?
Jane Fonda says that life improves with age because you know where the tiger is hiding and you don’t have to look for it in the bush. I am lost in the jungle over that one …In what handy location is the tiger hiding that everyone knows about and I don’t? (what is the tiger?)
Jun
11
A BLUE NOTE
Memories of Big Bands and cozy jazz settings hit me upon reading about the death of jazz pianist Ray Bryant. The Blue Note of Philadelphia was his home and then he was on the road with Carmen MCRae I think we saw them in San Antonio…the Newport Jazz Festival in 1957 was where Mitchell, of …