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Category: THE MUSE

  • I Can See Myself In That Chicken (Inside A Small Box)

    For me, “The Writer” is a simple case of transference: I can see myself in that chicken. There I am, at the writer’s desk, poised at the typewriter, surrounded by a wallpaper of swirling words. “Cluck-cluck!” I hear myself say, “I am that chicken.” And so dear reader, despite the proverbial “chicken” that I am…

  • Thank you Mask Man

    “Thank you Mask Man” –Lenny Bruce                             My husband had shoulder surgery the day Los Angeles began voluntarily donning the ubiquitous mask. Sixteen weeks later he looked up from the Off -Duty section of the Wall Street Journal and announced he wanted a…

  • California Typewriter: A Place, A Movie, A Vibe.

    California Typewriter: A Place, A Movie, A Vibe.   It’s not often that we actually get off the farm, meaning the vineyard, and when we do it’s usually a case of “valley fever.” But not this time.  We were inspired by the movie, so we went to see the place.  And then we touched the…