Toko Shinoda’s long life was as extraordinary and enduring as her groundbreaking art.
John saw me studying the piece and tilting my head like a curious cat to see it from different angles …
Brockelman
“I don’t have any idea, Frank. Little Stevie said he found it on something called UHF.”
I love this photo of doleful little me. And over the years, I’ve had a lot of fun reimagining what …
Theatre people: A 70s Christmas in New York, a dinner in Philadelphia, and a petrified Christmas tree.
Christmastime, 1971I’d just returned to New York after being on the road in the cast of The Impossible Years. After …
And then there was the time that I played a Secret Service Man—in a Ford commercial.
Baltimore. June 1988. Sandy Mislang produced the spot for W. B. Doner Advertising on behalf of their client, Baltimore–Washington Ford …
Asked the forbidden question, Janis stared at me with dagger eyes, rose, and projectile vomited on me.
Less than a year after I met Janis Joplin, she was dead. Fifty years ago, I was an ambitious, plucky …
I was a member of the Playboy Club for years. It was great for business meetings—and other stuff.
The BBC app on my iPhone announced the news last week. Hugh Hefner had died. Learning about his passing didn’t …
The traditional 1st Anniversary gift is paper. We’re giving ourselves 42.7 pounds of it.
Today is our 1st/22nd anniversary—one year married; twenty-two years together. (We were ready to make it legal many years ago, but …
The one about a phone call from NASA, holding Aerogel, and my name on a space probe.
I’ve always been a science and space geek, so I’m looking forward to July 14th and New Horizons’ close encounter with …
Yet another bucket list item checked off
The art scene in the midwest throughout the 50s and 60s was a sad state of affairs. I went to the art …
Summer, 1972: A bank robbery, some penny candy, the FBI, and my dog day afternoon.
Calmly, Sal said, “I’ve got to hang up. I think there are police at the back door. Tell Joe hi …
We have new family members. Two of them are forged iron.
You may know the Oscar and Golden Globe award winner, Jonathan Demme, as a director-producer—he has been the force behind movies …
3 fun trips in 30 days — I’ll be visiting Norman, Ted, and Christopher.
Travel begins later today with my trip to visit Norman in Los Angeles. Next up, the following week, is my …
My old friend, Sherman Hemsley—George Jefferson—has Died. My mom didn’t accept his hug.
Sherman Hemsley & Jeffersons’ co-star, Isabel Sanford Way back, in the mid-70s, I joined Norman Lear’s Tandem-TAT Productions. From my …