by Dahlia | Jul 12, 2014 | Journal
The Cure’s “Pictures of You” came on last night, and instantly I was propelled back in time twenty years, to my senior year of high school. I remembered those late night drives, alone in my car, alone with The Cure, the sound of those keyboards, that...
by Dahlia | Jun 27, 2014 | Journal
Those who know me (or, to be more accurate, those who have tried to get to know me) know that I describe myself as a porcupine. I am full of bristles, ready to spear the reckless and over-eager hand. I do not take well to intimacy. I do not do well with vulnerability....
by Dahlia | Jun 2, 2014 | Journal
I had a couple of immediate reactions to this recent article in The Daily Beast: “With Arsenio Hall Out, Late Night Becomes All White and Male—and So What?”1. I didn’t even know Arsenio Hall had a show, much less that people were even thinking about...
by Dahlia | May 23, 2014 | Journal
Dear Johnny, When I met you at Niagara Bar, so many years ago, I had no idea that our friendship would stick, much less last over a decade. You were so cool, so gorgeous (the hottest guy on the Lower East Side seemed to be general consensus), that it seemed...
by Dahlia | May 18, 2014 | Journal
To paraphrase something I read recently by Anne Lamott: Have you asked yourself lately, “How alive am I willing to be?” “It’s time to get serious about joy and fulfillment,” she writes, “work on our books, songs, dances, gardens....
by Dahlia | Apr 29, 2014 | Journal
In a perfect world, I wake up in the morning and make some tea, walk the dog, and then sit down in front of my computer to write. In a perfect world, I have all day to myself to read and write and think and create. In a perfect world, my email box is primarily empty,...
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