Well, we're in it. It's not Lent. But, it might as well be. It's the first week of Advent. We were treated to the traditional Gospel reading from Matthew 24 where Jesus warns his disciples to be alert to the coming of The Son of Man, comparing it to The Flood. A reckoning on the same order. Essentially, it is an allusion to death ( Read more... )

I feel like I have spent most of it seeking warm sun. I think that is how most of us in the northern hemisphere spend the first two quarters of the year, once we reach a certain age. The Middletown studio was virtually unlivable before May. And yet, I managed to get some pretty good work done there. That whole scenario helps to explain the ( Read more... )

It's been over twenty years since I went ot my last official ACTUP meeting, but, it's takenme this long to have my first dream about it. Not at all sure why it's taken me this long. It was certainly a fascinating period of time. I have an entire filing cabinet devoted to just handouts, flyers and pamphlets from the period ( Read more... )

"Marvin's Room" is a black comedy about a divided family in the cross hairs of virtually every wellness issue you could possibly think of. The Times reviewer thought this latest revival had lost its resonance since the original run in the early 90s because, when it opened, AIDS was in the news and it reflected the times. Well, the Times reviewer ( Read more... )

This dream involved Milo, the Microsoft millionaire, who I haven't seen in years, but stay in touch with mainly through Facebook. There was at least one other person with us. I don't remember who he resembled or what part of my world he represented. The bulk of the dream seemed to take place on a website, possibly Facebook. I remember using a ( Read more... )

The Second Sunday of Pentecost is over a week old and my "real" life has been so crowded with activity that processing it adequately with a journal entry was impossible. So, my subconscious has stepped in to do it for me. Last night I dreamed I was at St. Michael's, dressed in an acolyte surplice. And, so were a lot of other people, a lot more than ( Read more... )

When I was first introduced to Jim Konetsky over twenty years ago, it was at an ACT-UP meeting and it was as "Vincent". "Or, Jim.", he would add. And, then What followed was the first of what would prove to be many delightfully daffy examples, over the years, of the world according to Jim . He couldn't help it. It seemed to be part of his nature to ( Read more... )

Let's get one thing straight: I am not a huge Robin Williams fan. I respected him. I was in awe of his talent. I even watched most of the episodes of his last tv series, "The Crazy Ones". It was a good series that only needed another year of nurturing in order to take off, IMO. But, his career sort of took off without me. I was not there at The ( Read more... )