Basant Kite-Flying Festival I’ve had the pleasure and privilege to work at Stony Brook University since last March (2020) and I love everything about this college and its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. The one thing missing, for me and everyone, of course, has been the normal vibrancy of a college campus overflowing … Continue reading Three Positive Things – April 2021
Sharpened Pencils I have a thing about sharpened pencils … I’ll admit it (which I guess isn’t a bad thing for a writer!). While I do all my writing and editing on a computer keyboard, having the opportunity once in a while to write with a super pointy pencil on a crisp new sheet of … Continue reading Three Positive Things – March 2021
The longest relationship in my life (besides my parents) is with my piano. My parents bought the Hardman upright right after they got married in 1958 as their first piece of real furniture in our small apartment in Flushing, Queens, New York. My mom started playing when she was pregnant with me and to this … Continue reading My piano
We recently celebrated my dad's 88th birthday. It was a really small, casual gathering - basically just immediate family, with good food (deli and lots of pastrami and sour pickles), good conversation (about all our lives, and my kids' upcoming moves and new adventures) and just a nice, relaxed little lunch. My dad, who's gotten … Continue reading Milestones
I warned you in my first blog post that I think in music and lyrics, and movies. Combining both, there’s a quote I love from a romantic comedy actually called Music and Lyrics.* It’s when ‘Sophie Fisher’ (Drew Barrymore) explains to ‘Alex Fletcher’ (Hugh Grant) that … “A melody is like seeing someone for the … Continue reading The magic of music and lyrics
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