Billy Rogan, kneeling; Chloe Dolandis, white dress; dancers For my book signing appearance at the Rotary Club of Palm Beach on Thursday, I got more than I’d bargained for. Sure, I was treated like royalty; that’s par for the course at these rotary clubs. But there was entertainment, besides – by a really talented […]
Robert De Niro The monied medical establishment won a victory this week in its fight against the anti-vaccine movement. Just a day after he urged a showing of the film Vaxxed at the Tribeca Film Festival, Robert De Niro bowed to scientists’ pressure to remove it. DeNiro co-founded the festival. The movie, directed by […]
THIS JUST IN!!! The show Reflections tonight at the Palm Beaches Theatre in Manalapan is offering its remaining tickets at half price. Original prices were $42, $52 and $62. Now, all tickets can be purchased for $21 by going to this link: https://www.goldstar.com/shows/1117939/checkout/new A troupe of six dancers performs to the acoustic guitar music of […]
William Shakespeare Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, creeps in this petty pace from day to day – and as it approaches, I’m getting more and more excited. I’m set Monday to talk about my book MURDER IN PALM BEACH: The Homicide That Never Died at the Lantana Road Branch Library. The librarian called to […]
Noah’s Ark Call him Noah. You know – the guy who warned about a disastrous climatological event about to take place. That was a few years ago – make that a few thousand years ago – and Noah’s naysayers ended up getting soaked as Noah proved prescient. The flooding predicted by the biblical character is […]
Bernie Sanders Many, if not most, of those in the conservative camp of the American electorate are evangelicals who think of the United States as a Christian nation. One wonders if any of them have pondered which of the presidential candidates exhibits the most Christian values. Were a poll taken, I wager that the […]
My niece Dana from Chicago stayed with me this weekend, and she bought some healthy food from Costco for the four of us, including hubby Mark and their son Neelam. Dana and Mark are health aficionados, Mark having placed 18th in the world iron man competition in Hawaii in 2005, and Dana having completed the […]
I’m in a dream where snow is piled up in this parking lot, covering the cars, but out of nowhere mine appears, the snow having been cleared off by some miracle. Only thing, it’s a U.S. Post Office mail delivery vehicle – which belongs to me. The first person who figures out what in blazes […]
Sunnyside Swing Revival It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie, and I’m not about to sin on Sunday, much less Mothers Day. Mom would be dismayed. So I will admit to familiarity with almost every one of the songs performed Saturday night in Lake Worth by a combo called Sunnyside Swing Revival. How many […]
I have been remiss, and my file of miscues in the mechanics of writing has grown thick. Newspapers, magazines, business communications – foibles such as “between … to” instead of “between … and,” “your” in the place of you’re, and inappropriate use of the comma are ubiquitous. In today’s rendition of The Grammar Grouch, your […]