This is often a low time of year for me. The days are getting shorter and colder; I wake up in darkness, leave the house in twilight, and by the time I get home it’s dark again. This is hard on my tropical psyche. And October 25th is the birthday of Nancy, my ex-stepmother. She’ll… Continue reading A Missing Mother
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Paint It Black
The weekend didn’t turn out as planned. Shortly after I sent my brief newsletter last Friday, my dad called to say that he and Ruth both had a bad flu and I shouldn’t come for the planned visit to them in England, lest I catch it. Not a dead loss – the weather at home… Continue reading Paint It Black
Rosie
above: at ~ age 16 ^ with 4th husband Jack with Rossella, 1989 with 5th and final husband Bill ^ February, 2006 – Home from the hospital (again, and for the last time). You might also like: A Private Eclipse
What am I Doing Here? An American Civilian in Vietnam
Zadi posted “A Soldier’s Story,” which made me cry. I’m very sensitive to Vietnam stories. Here’s why. I filmed this in March, 2005. You might also like: A Theater-Goer’s Diary: “Private Lives” Memory, Truth, and the Stories of My Life