Sunday 7/23/23 It's coming up on half past three in the morning. I've been working all night. Just made a fresh pot of coffee. Over the...

Saturday 7/22/23 I wanted to include the following in this record. It's a letter I sent the other day to someone I knew once, for several...

Saturday 7/22/23 Marilyn Monroe or Jane Russell? Lou Gehrig or Babe Ruth? Ella or Billie? Bela or Boris? Gymnast or dancer? Ralph or...

Wednesday 7/19/23 Commitment doesn't happen without principle. The other night for dinner, the Admiral and the Captain made scallops. The...

Tuesday 7/18/23 Red Sox are on a nice little run but still two out in the loss column for the final Wild Card spot. They've gotten the...

Tuesday 7/18/23 I ordered a $5 headband which I will try tomorrow on the stairs. The reason I wear the beanie into the warm months--until...

Saturday 7/15/23 Thoreau’s journal, which he wrote between the years 1837 and 1861 and regarded as the work of his lifetime, totals two...

Friday 7/14/23 The other day I'd written a letter to my two nieces and nephew about their Grammie, my mom. Last night in Medford, my mom,...

Friday 7/14/23 Read Ian MacDonald's 16,000 word essay on Nick Drake for the first time in years. It's a powerful piece. He knew what he...

Friday 7/14/23 Finished and filed Beatles feature between much racing around. Will write a feature in the next day or two on the The...

Wednesday 7/12/23 It’s the first song we get, and we know immediately that the Beatles are bang-on and smoking hot. They’re not just here...

Wednesday 7/12/23 There was a woman who also volunteered, and she was beautiful and kind. She had peace at her core, because she’d known...

Wednesday 7/12/23 Have a pacey morning. Need to write a feature, run my stairs, and get out to the airport to meet my mom who is coming...

Tuesday 7/11/23 Will write a piece about the Beatles' July 16, 1963 BBC session. Must get going on it. I'm not finishing...

Monday 7/10/23 It's telling how hard it is for an academic to understand that a person may know things. They may simply have unmatched...

Sunday 7/9/23 Charlie! Lilah! Amelia! How are my three favorite kids in the world? (I went in order of your ages, by the way!) I wanted...

Saturday 7/8/23 If you describe something that you say as a "take," or what anyone says as a take, it is impossible for you not to be an...

Thursday 7/6/23 It's early. I decided to start work today at 12:01 AM. I'm working on a story called "Snake Tails," which I wrote...

Tuesday 7/4/23 Salon has a guy named Kenneth Womack who does Beatles pieces for them. They are very boring and of no value. That's what...

Tuesday 7/4/23 Wanted to do a round-up of works that to me are perfect for the Fourth of July--a nice compendium for the digging in. The...

Monday 7/3/23 Can tell you this about the 2023-24 Boston Bruins: They're going to lead the league in nostalgia and warm fuzzies for...

Sunday 7/2/23 C: Read "Sodomize" and let me know what you think? J: I will J: Tonight J: Then you can send me "Mouse" for the girls C:...

Sunday 7/2/23 This was not the plan, but I went back into "What the Mouse Knew" and made some changes. One of them was actually kind of...

Saturday 7/1/23 We were playing baseball at the park and as usual, Clayton was kicking ass with his fielding talent, just totally...