May 31, 2011 | Uncategorized
An era has come to an end. Fifteen years ago this December, in a little outdoor market on a sloping hill in Aswan, Egypt, I traded 25 American dollars for a beautiful blue and silver hookah. The vender told me with great verve that the plastic hose was actually...
Jan 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
Cheers, and welcome, welcome 2011! Though you've started off with a pair of body-blows (Chicago losing to Green Bay and, far worse, the loss of Pete Postlethwaite), we're happy to be ushering in a new year full of new projects – and many old ones coming...
May 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
The silence has been deafening, but the good news is that my writing has been focused in other places – the new Roman/Judean novel, and in adding daily content to the Michigan Shakespeare Festival Facebook page, as Jan gears up for her first summer at the helm....
Mar 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
Oct 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
For years I've wanted to write about where I live – the building, I mean. It would have been unwise while I was still there, but as we've recently moved, I am now free to discuss the Farcroft Building, where Jan and I have lived for the...
Mar 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
I always hated Shakespeare. They made me read him. In junior high, it was Julius Caesar. In high school, first it was Romeo & Juliet, which was cool only because we wasted a week watching the movie – the Zefferelli, not the DeCaprio version. The next...
