The emotional-support pumpkin (soup)
I saw a video in the early hours of this day – around the time of the blood…
The Underworld
(This is also the transcript for the podcast Breathing Out Stars — Episode 31) There is a moon…
Molotov cocktails…and cocktails
Challenges create opportunities for action. We are in a time now where there are opportunities for you to find faith – to reach for something greater than yourself.
When Life Gives You COVID, make Lemon Cake
(Episode 27, Breathing Out Stars Podcast) Before I begin I want to say a thing about carrying on.…
Of fireflies & darkness.
There once was a five-year old boy. It was summertime — and of course — there were fireflies.…
Craving the Shredded Potato
Months ago, before my surgery, we had dinner at an Asian restaurant with a Chinese friend, M. She…
“You did nothing to me” (“Non mi avete fatto niente”)
The San Remo 2018 Music Festival has chosen its winner! Italian artists Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro won…
The Post Office.
I am sweating. I am gripped with fear. I am at the post office. This errand, in particular,…
La doccia, i dolcetti e la piccola danza.
Avevo paura…ho avuto paura…avevo avuto paura. Prima, avevo paura delle molte cose. I have been afraid…I was…
The Fire and the Roses
Eleven years ago we were getting ready to leave the house for the first seder at Jane’s house.…
Ben & Rob & Bear
It was just one of those beautiful mornings in early June in the way, way North…the kind of…
The S Word
She gave me permission to write this. We were all sitting on the couch watching the end of…
Watch me reading The Hospital Bed.
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We Breathe Out Stars
The first time I saw Cirque du Soleil was in Los Angeles, 1987. When the first notes of…
Chaos, Kindness & The Flood of Garlic.
To write this, I wrote it five times — and then a sixth. It was still a mess.…