Two Jews (one of them, me, Israeli), a Black pastor, and the rest of a multi-ethnic, Boston city trauma response team, walk into a…Chabad school. Not a bar, but it still sounds like the opening line of an ethnic joke. … Read More
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
Lisa Fliegel / Bonnie Raitt My new friend Chris who when I first met him I wanted to call him Steve, for some reason, said to me the other day at the Marlble House Project: “I grew up on movies, … Read More
In my never ending quest to bring an end to all human suffering. I admit to using un-orthodox methods of advocacy and clinical treatment. The result is usually some improvement to the life of the clients and my own banishment … Read More
Lisa Fliegel / Slides borrowed from: David Keller, M.D. I was driving to the gym today and thought: “Gee whiz, I wish had time to get some gas.” With a longing gaze I passed East Side Gas, reading the sign posted in red above the … Read More
Maya Angelou had a birthday recently. This is a creative approach at showcasing one of my favorite quotes by her. “Youthful cynicism is sad to observe, because it indicates not so much knowledge learned from bitter experiences as insufficient trust … Read More