It was late in the day and the Fast hadn’t ended and I wasn’t in shul so I had to find something to occupy me other than thinking of food. Standing outside on a Saturday afternoon in Texas isn’t a good idea not because of the weather but because your neighbors are on their grills… Continue reading The Cardiologist & The Book Of Life
Month: September 2017
Living As The Unforgiven
He asked me whether I’d prefer to be a doctor or a blacksmith and I said I wasn’t sure because I wanted more details. Maybe it was because he asked me whether I thought soulmates were real and if I had ever experienced anything like it before. “If I were a blacksmith I’d fire up… Continue reading Living As The Unforgiven
Hugh Hefner’s Gone-It’s The End Of All Secrets
Hugh Hefner died today and now I’ll never get to ask him if he remembers talking to a 14-year-old boy at the Playboy Club in Century City. We won’t reminisce about the moment or talk about the time I ran into George Steinbrenner at JFK or the moment I asked Leah Remini who she was… Continue reading Hugh Hefner’s Gone-It’s The End Of All Secrets
Writing Like This Is Us
“They could shoot you and I know you would keep coming. I know you’d try, but you might not make it. They might get you.” His words are like a knife in my back, dead center where I can’t reach the blade. But I keep trying because I don’t know how to do anything else… Continue reading Writing Like This Is Us
