The one time I was administered Demerol by IV, The Doctor stayed by my side, just looking at me. And when it hit, the last thing I remember is saying to his big brown eyes, ever so sweetly, “You ever … Continue reading →

On Friday, I realized that I am in my last days at my current job. Once it was good for me, a means to keep my producing chops and paperwork skills sharp, a source of money to make this film … Continue reading →

I’m leaving a dinner party with dear friends and I hear a short sentence about me uttered just as I close the door. This comes from a recent arrival and relative stranger – their neighbor – someone with whom, for … Continue reading →

The last weekend of summer in Toronto, and the trees are beginning to turn in the balmy air. Not too hot, not too cool. Becalmed. The whir of bikes in the quiet street. A remix of Nina Simone’s “See-line Woman” … Continue reading →

We have an exhibitionist neighbor. On New Year’s Day, we are on our computers (‘Drew in the picture window, me on the couch) doing stuff, talkin’, playing show’n tell… and when I went over to his computer to see his … Continue reading →

Tonight I met a lovely man from Vancouver on the Subway – helped him find his way because it was on my way and because I remember my first time on the Subway here. Those years ago, I had the … Continue reading →

Here is the story Deb sent me today. It made me happy, so I am sharing it too. A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with his hair fashionably coifed and … Continue reading →

You can decide to be happy. This is a new idea my friend Deb sent to me today. The Christmas season always makes me feel anxious, and in the days before my flight home I found myself unable to sleep, … Continue reading →

Today, riding my bike downtown, a bicycle courier just ahead of me, checked me out he just stared – like he was surprised – so intensely at me that i looked down to see if i fallen out of my … Continue reading →

Aha! The HEAT WAVE SOLUTION… Soak your feet in cold water – 5 minutes Soak your nightie in cold water – 5 seconds wring it out put it on ( ayeee! cold!!) and position super-duper fan to blow directly on … Continue reading →

From King Lear: That sir which serves and seeks for gain, And follows but for form, Will pack when it begins to rain, And leave thee in the storm…

If i speak in the tongues of men and of angels but do not have love i have become a sounding brass or a clashing cymbal

I had a book, when I was a little girl, by this title: “Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” It was my favorite, along with “Where the Wild Things Are”, and “Horton Hears a Who” – … Continue reading →