Thanks 2015
It’s a Thanksgiving tradition dating all the way back to 2009! If we’ve interacted about the film or my other work or if you inspired me in some way, chances are you were thanked. Want to find out for sure? … Continued
Drone Pilot at Arcosanti: Guest Post by Cinematographer Andy Bowley
Today’s post was written by cinematographer Andy Bowley. i can’t remember if we drank a lot of beer that night. but i do remember parting ways with david, after a nice meal on the upper west side of new york, … Continued
What Makes Me Happy? Positive Interaction 3
What makes me happy? When something I wrote or made motivates a complete stranger to send me a note. I recently received this via the blog’s Contact page. Subject Lincoln CLEP commercial Message: David, I have the commercial on a … Continued
Slasher Films: Where It All Began
Slasher Films and I I had seen films that influenced me in the theater as a pre-teen, and I’ve even written about one of those experience before (seeing Vanish Point), but in 1978 I was 17 and a perfect storm … Continued
New Writing: The Red Mug in Compass Literary Journal
I am delighted to announce that a piece of short fiction I wrote, The Red Mug, has been published by Compass Literary Journal and you can read it online. This is the fifth story of the collection to be published and the … Continued
Patient Trust, a Poem by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Patient Trust Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay. We should like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way … Continued
Record Store Day
Happy Record Store Day. Many many years ago I worked in a record store in Hackensack, NJ with a whole mess of great people, many of whom I’m still in touch with. (Hi Rita, Sam, Bob, Jack, Helen, and Wayne.) … Continued
Back to Arcosanti
Many years ago I worked in a record store where I spent a lot of my time flipping through the inventory to see what I was missing. One day I came across an LP I had not seen before. … Continued
New Writing: Practice, Practice in Helen Literary Magazine
I’m pleased to announce that I have a new piece of nonfiction, Practice, Practice, on Helen Literary Magazine’s blog. It’s about the things we pick up and hold dear when we’re young that we let go of when we’re a little … Continued
Tourist Eyes – Jeff Stein, AIA
I recently emailed an update on A Life’s Work to Jeff Stein, AIA, president of the Cosanti Foundation. Part of his reply was the following — PS: I gave a presentation at a recent AIA/American Institute of Architects convention in … Continued