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About Me

Just the idea that this stuff is going into cyberspace makes me self-conscious, so I'm kind of drawing a blank on all "About Me". My daughter Sara is great at this. O.K. I'm an artist (visual), although I suffer from extremely "dry eyes". You've heard of that condition, I'm sure. Also was a journalist, worked for the foreign Service (USIA) even applied to CIA and was accepted until they found I had swollen ankles (due to the polygraph I'm sure) When I was asked my name it zipped up as a "lie". Anyhow, to move on, have done a lot of writing. Was a journalist for the Mexico City News. Lots of traveling, lots of writing. Dragged my kids around the world. Lived in Stockholm (Sweden), Mexico City, and Beirut, Lebanon during curfews and bombings which we watched from the roof of our apartment. Lots of stories, lots of experiences, and lots of fun. Living in St. Louis, well that's another story. I do love Forest Park. Oh, by the way I'm from Brooklyn, New York, you know that little borough in New York where people talk funny (dem, dose and dere). Lived right across from Ebbets Field when the Dodgers ruled. Great times!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Artists, writers, musicians, actors, comedians, people with creativity on the brain, also thinkers, (not status quos) and of course my old friends from Brooklyn, NYC, L.A., the foreign service, UCLA, etc. Make friends with folk from around the world.

My Blog

Remembering Sweden

I decided to do a blog - but what? Then - Sweden came to mind --- I draw pictures of Sweden in my mind. Old-Town, where we lived had the scent of arid cobblestones. At night t...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:37:00 GMT

a Rappin' Christmas

A dear friend of mine (and Sara's) wrote this for me in L.A. and taught me the art of "rappin, and actually made me "perform" at a party. My first and last time. I would like to shar...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 20:18:00 GMT

what - not again!

So, Slug dear - you want to know 6 wierd things about your mother. I always thought I was totally wierd, but here goes, if I can think of anything "normal". I find myself talking to stuffed...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:26:00 GMT

Remembering....

Someone told me to put this into a poem format. Frankly, I don't know exactly what they mean. What do you think? The room is stark in contrast to the building's ante-bellum facade....
Posted by on Sat, 04 Nov 2006 15:44:00 GMT

Cages

This is the true tale of 2 Bengal Tigers and 12 Arctic (I think) bears. I saw their story on Animal Planet (the show I watched religiously with my two dogs, Job and Pooshie. (now both rompi...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:17:00 GMT

Cages

I loved this movie! One of the best, I think. Any other opinions?

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Posted by on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:34:00 GMT

The Tagging Game

O.k. I had to come out of my selfmade cocoon sometime.This game won't stretch my imagination so feel up to it. Here goes. Here are the rules. 1. Grab the nearest book.2. Open th...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:57:00 GMT

a little poem of some consequence

Things longpast where? Waiting in lonesome lethargy maybe at some plotted point beyond this frugal understanding. Faces missed, buried &n...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:39:00 GMT

Trying to think

Just had the tooth fairy pick up one of my molars, but it's time to respond to Jennifer's tag anyhow so toothless and weary, I will try to say at least a little something. What can I say philoso...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 18:19:00 GMT