If all goes as planned, next month’s issue of fête will include both “Bratwurst” (blogged June 8) and a “fetetorial” short featuring publisher Jay Spivey. With five actors shot in four locations spread out over two cities, “Bratwurst” promises to be one of our most ambitious undertakings to date. My impetus for attacking these projects […]
All is forgiven! Seasonably cool weather after a heat wave is like hearing God say, “Okay, I’m going to let you off with a warning this time, but next time you ride back with me.” (That’s God doing his oracular traffic cop routine, by the way, right after a 68-degree overnight low.)
Social skills, I’ve found, are like muscles. You use them or you lose them. Similarly, social situations are like exercise. They require effort. More effort if you’re flabby, less effort if you’re ripped. I’ve never been ripped. If I concentrate, though, I can just about remember a time when I was relatively fit, when I […]
