Rio, age 4, has gotten into writing ‘Thank You’ notes. His first came to me in the form of a paper airplane, with his note printed on the side of the folded green Concorde. This was a Post-It attached by his Mom, Alison, to a water color book I gave him — the kind that…
My friend, film producer John Beug, was at Telluride Film Festival with his documentary, Coltrane. He sent me a note to say there was a documentary called California Typewriter at the festival. I immediately checked out the website and now can hardly wait to see it in my nearest theater. California Typewriter Movie website Please…
I have laryngitis – again. This happened a few summers ago, and it starts as a head cold and then morphs into no voice. I was getting worse instead of better, so this morning I called my doctor for an emergency appointment. He gave me an end-of-the-day slot, which I gratefully accepted. We always joke…
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We’ve talked about it ever since John Wentworth and his husband Jamie Gluck moved into our neighborhood — but finally, after two years of planning and procrastinating, we got our Progressive Dinner together. Jamie’s an acccomplished chef & restaurant owner, so I knew his appetizers would be mouth-watering — and equally intimidating. My desserts were…
David Ferrall sent me a picture of his daughter Cate — my long-time pen-pal — at her birthday party today. I was particularly interested to see her at a vintage typewriter — at the Brooklyn Farmacy in where else? Brooklyn — with some friends. I realized Cate and I have been corresponding since she was…
The other night, I heard Bill Murray talking with Jimmy Kimmel about his secret love of poetry. To my delight, he read one of his favorite poems out loud. It was “What the Mirror Said” by Lucille Clifton. If you look on the right-hand side of this page from Oprah magazine, you’ll get familiar with…
I’m proud of how the new Emerson College/Los Angeles building turned out. Designed by reknowned architect Thomas Mayne, it was created to house 200 film and television students who come out each semester from the Boston campus. They do internships by day in the industry. At night they take their classes. All in this incredible…
It all started with my Mother, who requested/required us to write them. I never minded, oddly enough, and it became a habit that’s continued through the decades. When I receive a note from my mother — who’s now 91 and still going strong — I’m reminded of how important a lesson she taught us. Please…
