Audiobook Recording Update

Audiobook Recording Update

After trying with a hired actress I decided to record the audiobook myself. Was this a good decision? Maybe yes, maybe no. My voice goes horse almost immediately. I have some funny vocal idiosyncrasies—a tendency to go quiet at the end of a sentence, to prolong some...
Jewish Book Council Re-do

Jewish Book Council Re-do

I presented My City of Dreams today at the Jewish Book Council via Zoom. It’s difficult to present your book in two minutes but here it is. If you are visiting from JBC, I hope you will take a look at the video I just recorded from our home on Diamond Ledge in New...
Off the Shelf

Off the Shelf

I’ve been meaning to post book recommendations periodically on the website but was feeling obliged to write “reviews.” So procrastination got in the way.  At my recent Boston Public Library reading, someone asked me to list some.  So I’m going...
Old Folks

Old Folks

I now fit that definition.  They are going to step down the stay at home orders in Colorado on Sunday.  That means they will be opening beauty parlors and tattoo parlors, with proper social distancing, of course.  Not clear to me how that...
After Long Silence

After Long Silence

I’m sure we’ve all got stories about drastic change in our lives, serious and trivial worries (like should I just let the grey grow in?) My husband Martin and I arranged to rent an apartment in Denver last month.  Our medically challenged grandson turns one...