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Yesterday was a perfect New York day. In the morning, I took the 3 train down to 51st street, where I met my father and his wife, who are not only family but two of my favorite people. We had … Continue reading →

Several days ago, I was on the telephone with a friend of mine. We were talking about his daughter, who had caught some sort of cold. She had been coughing for several days. He needed to get cough medicine. We … Continue reading →

“The definition of beauty is easy; it’s what leads you to desperation.” Paul Valery I think we need two words for beauty, as the Greeks have two words for love: eros and agape. Eros is romantic love; agape is spiritual … Continue reading →

Today is May Day, and I should be dancing in flowers. As we should all. But it’s also the end of the semester, so all I’m dancing in is papers. And today was wet with one of those chill, soaking … Continue reading →

I was so disappointed last weekend: I was sick, sick, sick, and couldn’t go to New York to meet with my writing group, the Injustice League. We were workshopping a new novel by Delia Sherman that I can tell you … Continue reading →

I have absolutely no energy to write a blog post tonight, so instead I’m going to play a game of Let’s Pretend. Let’s Pretend that we live in a magical house. The house looks something like this: Why are we … Continue reading →

I’m very, very busy, so tonight I will give you a poem by Mary Oliver. Here it is: Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles … Continue reading →