Ethical Musings

Ethical Musings

At the end of My City of Dreams, I had many ideas that I wanted to put on the page as “themes” or “lessons”. Much of this was removed from the final version of the book. With my upcoming event through the bioethics departments of Harvard...
Eulogy

Eulogy

[Image taken from the deck of The Queen of Surrey] I’m recuperating from a sledding accident and trying to catch up with things from bed. The pandemic is making me think a lot about people I’ve lost over the years. It’s approaching the 3rd anniversary of the memorial...
Artifacts: My Father’s Script

Artifacts: My Father’s Script

I’ve been distracting myself from COVID, not with writing, but rather, with cleaning out closets. I’m coming across important artifacts from different times of my life (not just expired medication and ancient toothpaste). One such artifact was my long form Canadian...
Audiobook Recording Update

Audiobook Recording Update

After trying with a hired actress I decided to record the audiobook myself. Was this a good decision? Maybe yes, maybe no. My voice goes horse almost immediately. I have some funny vocal idiosyncrasies—a tendency to go quiet at the end of a sentence, to prolong some...
Jewish Book Council Re-do

Jewish Book Council Re-do

I presented My City of Dreams today at the Jewish Book Council via Zoom. It’s difficult to present your book in two minutes but here it is. If you are visiting from JBC, I hope you will take a look at the video I just recorded from our home on Diamond Ledge in New...
Old Folks

Old Folks

I now fit that definition.  They are going to step down the stay at home orders in Colorado on Sunday.  That means they will be opening beauty parlors and tattoo parlors, with proper social distancing, of course.  Not clear to me how that...