(In fiction, my brother is always “Tony.” It’s the only way I think of him when I’m writing. So, this is a Tony story.)
Walking from Union Square to Irving Place, I passed the Lee Strasberg school. I’ve walked that block any number of times, but somehow I’d never noticed the school before. I’d forgotten about the Strasberg [...]
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In the Spotlight
Posted in NaBloPoMo, choose your own adventure, family, memoir, people I love, tagged choose your own adventure, family, memoir, NaBloPoMo, people I love on 24 August 2009 | 2 Comments »
A Slight Return
Posted in NaBloPoMo, memoir, music, nostalgia, people I love, teaching, things I love, where we're from, tagged everything old is new again, I remember, memoir, music, NaBloPoMo, nostalgia, people I love, teaching, things I love, where we're from on 17 August 2009 | 7 Comments »
This Monday’s memoir honors the 40th anniversary of Woodstock and takes me back to the music unit I did the first year I taught high school. Students chose some of their favorite songs, shared the lyrics and wrote a series of essays: a couple of compare and contrasts, one persuasive about their favorite genre and [...]
Magic Words
Posted in Jamaica, letting go, memoir, people I love, poetry, using our words, writing, tagged box of grief, Jamaica, memoir, people I love, poetry, sad, using our words on 22 June 2009 | 10 Comments »
I met Kenrick on the beach. I was sitting in front of the fisherman’s supply store at Calabash Bay. I was about halfway through my early morning bike ride, sitting on the low wall in front of Mr. Graham’s shop, writing in my journal.
It would have been impossible not to notice him: a tall, beautiful [...]
Monsoons and Mermaids
Posted in out and about, people I love, photography, things I love, where we're from, tagged Mermaid Parade, out and about, people I love, photography, things I love, where we're from on 20 June 2009 | 5 Comments »
windows fogged over
rainy, humid morning ride
taking me downtown
April spilled into mid-June
Esos dias de lluvia
(Is it cheating to throw a Spanish line into my tanka? Maybe. Full disclosure: I’m not still writing one a day, but I am still writing.)
Today is the annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade, and today’s mermaids will need to be waterproof. One [...]
Luna Llena
Posted in choose your own adventure, out and about, people I love, tagged choose your own adventure, out and about, people I love on 7 June 2009 | 6 Comments »
Tonight’s a full moon. If you head out to Coney Island today dressed as a werewolf or vampire … or can convince the ticket seller that you “are a moon worshipper” … you’ll get $2 off the price of the Cyclone!
Last night, as I rode the train home from Rhode Island. As we came through [...]
