by Clea | Jul 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
These days, we can get our kitties chemo or a new kidney, but should we? My buddy Vicki Constantine Croke wrote this thoughtful and well researched story for yesterday’s Boston Globe Magazine, asking just how much is too much? Pictured is Boswell, a goose,...
by Clea | Jul 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Just heard that my short story, “Dumb Beasts,” has been accepted for Deadfall: Crime Stories by New England Authors, to be published in November by Level Best Books, a multiple-award-winning small publisher up here in New England. I’m tremendously...
by Clea | Jul 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Please don’t suggest Oprah. Not that I’m not grateful, but…
by Clea | Jun 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
No, not “where your pet?” I mean, why not wear your pet as the wonderful ornament to your life that he or she is?My friend Laurie has long pursued a variety of interesting crafts and arts, developing a real flair for folk art that looks (and feels) good....
by Clea | Jun 16, 2008 | Uncategorized
Watching game 5 of the NBA playoffs last night, it occurred to me that LA Lakers star Kobe Bryant (far left) looks a little like a meerkat (right). Something about the eyes. Which makes me like Bryant more. Not a good thing for a New Englander, so, please, don’t...
by Clea | Jun 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
Tim Russert has died. He wasn’t always perfect – who is? – but he was the kind of journalist we need more of. So sad. May he rest in peace.