I became rather fixated, fascinated by something written by Samuel Beckett. It has been a talisman for most of my life, written in notebook composed before I was twenty. It began to prey on my…
The funniest comment offered by a person who is not Alexis McBride comes from an individual known as jack needs a better user name. The Instagram post was a photo of the fortune cookie received…
I am back at my wonderful hotel in San Francisco and woke up in bliss – awfully early but I went to bed awfully early. The windows are open, fresh foggy air circulates the room….
Well, this has been an eventful morning, that is for sure. At this moment I am sitting on an airplane, an Air Canada flight. Although in the past I have railed against this airline I…
I opened my computer after having a bath and learned that I.M.Pei died in Manhattan, he was 102 years old. I met him. He designed a building in Marin County that was built with the…
I have been wounded – not mortally – but wounded. A mortal wound would result in death, rather immediately. I shall survive. The instrumentality of my wound is a capricious man, the word came to…
The day before yesterday had a super great lunch with a super great guy, who paid for lunch. A man I have not seen in many a month- he was surprisingly funny, playful and affectionate….
Kathleen came to see me in my palatial suite at the Wedgewood Hotel. Actually I was having one of my long soaks, my daily bubble bath , when she arrived. I threw on a robe…
Reactions from from the slings and arrows of VSO are arriving. The absolute funniest HAS to be from my computer guru Chris emailing the following: He: Gosh. You do get into some scrapes mate. If…
Many are wondering what caused by ejection from the Vancouver Symphony at the hands of Neil Middleton. It was enthusiasm, put and simple. My enthusiasm was limited to clapping and standing in appreciation at the…