“Doesn’t it feel great to be right?” My friend Miriam Herschlag said to me, and I felt ashamed. I was going on about some systemic injustice or institutional racism, or just everyday disparagement of my advocacy efforts and she stopped … Read More
We used to sing this lines from the Israeli national anthem to tease our friend Tiki — which is short for Tikva which means hope in Hebrew. We have yet to give up hope… is the translation. Those words in the anthem … Read More
The kibbutz library was in a bomb shelter, but I wasn’t afraid of bombs. I was afraid of the harshness of the desert, a shore with no sea. I was afraid of the harshness of the people drenched in angry … Read More
My father Bert (that’s Dr. Bert to you!) Is the Belmont Manor Buddha. Belmont Manor’s lobby reminds you of a country inn, but it is in fact a nursing home. This week we were discussing the upcoming election when he pointed out … Read More
Globe Magazine @BostonGlobeMag 4h4 hours ago A teen from inner city Boston gets Elie Wiesel’s message [Read the article]
The paintings are hung on the walls, the cheese and crackers are warming up, the bathroom is clean — come see me and my work at the 23rd Annual Jamaica Plain OPEN STUDIOS Sept 17-18 / 11am-6pm, 57 Brookside Ave., Unit 12 some people … Read More
After ArtSeed at The Marble House Colony my friend, Artist Leslie Fry said to me: “For a brief moment this is how I saw you tonight.” She was referring to this painting: A Bar at the Folies-Bergère painted and exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1882. It was the last major … Read More
Yup, there’s been a lot of broohaha about Boston Children’s Hospital paving over a garden in order to expand the hospital. In the mix, Joan Vennochi of The Boston Globe points out that Partners Healthcare’s Neighborhood Health Plan will no longer … Read More
The sad day has come to say good-bye to the Marble House Project. Here’s my first reading of Here But Often There: The Clinical Adventures of a Bulletproof Therapist. Thank you Nicole K., Hamra Abbas, Celine L. Keisha Turner Mary … Read More
Didn’t realize it was done until Sarah said: “I think this one’s done.” Sometimes that’s how it is. Relationships too! So I ran to the picture framers. This one’s going to be sold at JP Open studios Sept. 17 and … Read More