burnished into my bones

About a year ago, I read a piece in the New York Times about this young man who was a  ‘starving artist’ in Philadelphia — he worked part time at some major museum and then devoted the rest of his time to his art. He made his own bread from scratch just to save a few [...]

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I know good when I see it

I’ve been very lucky to work on a lot of really great projects. I’ve really loved every one of them. What’s life worth living if you don’t love what you do? I think artists and writers are some of the toughest people out there. Thick-skinned. Those brave enough to start out — and those who continue to [...]

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Life Lit Links

As a child,  my absolute favorite book was a story called The Plant Sitter by Gene Zion. A little boy named Tommy decides to  take care of  all the neighborhood plants while the rest of the families leave on summer vacation.  His  wonderful care of those plants caused them to  grow, and grow, and grow until they took over his whole [...]

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