Category: scribbler
curmudgebot
Dear Spambots, I am not Black. Or Christian. Or Dating. So, please, enough with all that….
can you hear me now?
I’m getting used to seeing her on the north corner of 84th Street and 37th…
because I don’t want to
what’s the sound of two edies talking? If a boy wants you to do something,…
in the beginning, there was my little mommy
My mother was born on Friday the 13th, except it was a Thursday. Don’t bother…
meteorological foreplay
Keep your sun-drenched days and well-oiled bodies. When the wind rips limbs off trees. Pushes…
mama loves the broken things
When I was a girl we lived across from a parking lot. On the other…
spooning mr. pants
Midnight. Spooning with Mr. Crazy Pants. My back to the window where a gentle early…
god’s graffiti
Sometimes, when I’m stuck in a never ending line of traffic. When even though I’m…
funny, you don’t look jewess
I keep getting confused between Rachel Shukert and Jillian Lauren. Both of them have hot…
the bridal bouqet
It was a lovely wedding in a neighborhood church that welcomes all possibilities of love….
feeding the beast within
All my life –seriously, all my life, and that is considerable at this point, all…
dating a shelter dog
I’m a shelter dog at heart. It’s not even well hidden. If you’ve never been…
selective memories
I have a bum leg. Actually, it’s a bum foot. A motorcycle accident in ’79…
sex and violins, or “I’m not dropping my drawers for Babs”
In case you were wondering, I can be seduced by good music. When the music…
taking pictures of god
There’s a Sufi poet, Hafiz (the best translations are the ones by Daniel Ladinsky). Hafiz…
thirty years later…
I had to take a little time off from the “other” blog, from writing in…
not so great expectations
I recently found myself trying to talk an Executive team into allowing their employees the…
we can drive all night, she said
I’m driving and the music is blasting. Frequently. There are certain bands, certain music that…
funny, you don’t look blu-ish
Last night I had dinner with the Death Doulas. I haven’t talked about this before,…