I’m heading East to hear former Television Producer/Writer and author Maria Semple and Darren Starr (Creator/Executive Producer of ‘Sex & The City’) talk about the art of writing for television at The Strand bookstore in New York on January 13th at 7p. Maria will also read from and sign copies of her new book, THIS ONE IS MINE.
“I am an eyewitness to the ways in which people relate to themselves and to each other, and my work is a way of scooping and ladling that experience.” -Richard Neutra
Click link above for their live concert recording. I can’t stop listening to it. Almost as addictive as Sondheim.
“ I can be your Maria de’ Medici. ”

What’s hard is simple.
What’s natural comes hard.
Maybe you could show me how to let go,
Lower my guard.
-Anyone Can Whistle
I’m all over the map, literally. But these are the places you’re most likely to find me.
“Someone put
You on a slave block
And the unreal bought
You
Now I keep coming to your owner
Saying,
‘This one is mine.’
You often overhear us talking
And this can make your heart leap
With excitement.
Don’t worry,
I will not let sadness
Possess you.
I will gladly borrow all the gold
I need
To get you
Back.”
-Hafiz