This was an amazing day. I went with my family to the premiere of Forgotten Ellis Island, a documentary for which I recorded voice-over this past spring and summer. The premiere was held at the Ellis Island Museum on the island. A particular delight for me was to attend this screening not only with my [...]

This morning the dog and I were on our daily run, and I felt a bit of a twinge in my back, which I decided to ignore since I would like to accept Dr. John E Sarno’s contention that many of us store our stress in our backs, and we have pain because we expect [...]

It has been some years since I began studying Spanish. I was thrown into it one summer after graduating from college, when I went to Costa Rica to help with a study of bat foraging behavior. I took along a book by Charles Duff called Spanish for Beginners, which was a lifesaver, and was given [...]

Last weekend I attended a screening of a documentary that I narrated. I’ve been working with the filmmaker for 2 years so I was looking forward to seeing the finished product. As it turned out, I was disappointed. The film was energetic; the narration was slow-paced and dramatic in places. It didn’t fit. I had [...]