Then I lost him again and I got caught up in my real purpose of making this event actually happen. An hour later, I spotted him.  The party was in full swing and he was very much trying to be part of it. I was in the middle of addressing an issue so noted his [...]

I was producing another celebrity-attended event and I had the task of attempting to expel a hanger-on, who had been hired to handle lighting for the event but, having completed his duties, decided to stay and in so doing, ended up harassing some of our VIP guests. I can be stern and it’s not always [...]

Layers was written a while back, stuck in the idea of memory images, perhaps exacerbated by many sense memory exercises in acting class, which I was in at the time. The layers to sadness Overwhelm Identified as the result of Memory But it’s also that one too And another and another There are so many [...]

Leandro Erlich’s Swimming Pool embodies all that is so alluring about a pool, except it’s not outdoors.  Seen from above to the wavering people below or vice versa in the tongue and cheek under water room complete with ladder, this pool is all hypnotic–letting one see the beauty of shimmer through water without the sting [...]

Sometimes the songs come quickly, sometimes they come in parts. Even something jotted down a long time ago can become a song today or tomorrow.   I don’t always pursue or persist if they don’t come easily. Sometimes, I do try to go back to the melody lines or great lyrics and try to see [...]

Sunday, I attended a shower for a friend’s forthcoming baby girl.  She and her husband are still undecided as to what to name the baby, so part of our shower time was devoted to brainstorming baby girl names.  It’s always a fun little exercise with challenges including making sure it goes with one’s last name, [...]

Last night, I met Ron.  As we discussed my songwriting process, he asked, “do you write words or melodies first?”  I responded that it depends, that I do both, but that I feel my strongest songs, for the most part, are songs that came at the same time.  Like the melody and lyric came together [...]

There is something about turning a page that is magical. Seeing titles on a shelf, fonts and colors.  Is the book going the way of the CD?  Kindles and other e-readers are perhaps the wave of the future, great for travel when carrying multiple books is a pain, better for the environment.  I see their [...]