For one reason or another, Ed and Meryl's conversation reminds me of the first time I met Louise. It was in college at Brigham Young... Read more →

ED (Typing and muttering to himself) I think it's import...ant (strike strike strikes the keys) to add that when Jason writes about leaders and following... Read more →

First of all, and it has to be said, I'm in love with C.J. Craig. That's right. It's true. C.J., I know you're out there... Read more →

"It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true."
 -Holden "Moreoever, misunderstandings may be fruitful under certain circumstances." 
-Hesse... Read more →

If I cannot sing you, I will hum. I guess that's thr first sencente of my rush write. Sometimes you just have to riush write... Read more →

Last night I finished editing video footage from a wedding in Central Park near the Bethesda Angel. It was a beautiful ceramony in a beautiful... Read more →

My first memory is actually earlier than listening to Andy Williams in the car. Or of learning about Santa's helpers. My very first memory comes... Read more →

Who survives his own story? Read more →

IPIR. It's an acronym my therapist, Lee, invented. It stands for "Important Person Internalized Representation." Isn't it great? I'll mention that and just leave it... Read more →

Graciousness trumps aesthetics. Graciousness IS aesthetics. If you don't believe me, consider it because it's true. And it's a grasshopper fact you won't get from... Read more →

SARAH You needn't be so scared. Love doesn't end just because we don't see each other... My dear, my dear people go on loving God,... Read more →

This is my nephew, Merrell. Now he's ten. Read more →

It's 4:05am. The man from the bodega - everyone calls him "Tommy" but everyone knows that's not his real name - gave me a cigarette.... Read more →

Also turns out I didn't need to steal it. It's a gift. Read more →

You told me once your mother just cuts people out. Should have taken note Tequila brings the breech back And the illusion of eloquence I... Read more →

I know I just wrote a 'prologue' to a story and believe me, Meryl had a word or two to say about it. She insists... Read more →

Stockholm Cycle - A Personal Syndrome / Or The Romanticized Obsessions and Humliations of Edmund Strasse. Edmund Strasse. That’s me. He would disagree. More accurately,... Read more →

I dragged out the photo lights and set them up for a series of jobs coming up over the next several weeks beginning this weekend.... Read more →

Photo Credit: Michael Jackson Now, and I have to say this....aside from a singular and beautifully-dressed mother... I have EIGHT amazing sisters! Do YOU have... Read more →

I haven't blogged in over two months. A lot can happen in a month or two. A lot can happen in thirteen years. Or forty-one..!... Read more →

I got a text from K late last night or early this morning depending on how you look at it. She wanted to see a... Read more →

Here's an 'add-on' to the post from yesterday. I wish I'd included it with the original. It's a quote from Joshua I lifted (re-pinned) onto... Read more →

On a normal day - do those exist anymore? - I smile. Even on abnormal days - lately the 'new normal' - I try. The... Read more →

"Needless were none of the deeds of Gandalf in life. We do not yet know his full purpose." -Galadriel (Hope remains while company is true.) Read more →

"Mitt's Binders" -by McKenna Stephenson Congratulations to Ms. McKenna Stephenson of Salt Lake City, Utah. She is the illustrious (infamous?) winner of my little "Caricatures... Read more →

Film adaptation of INTO THE WOODS. Meryl Streep in talks to play the witch... Yes, please! That is all. Read more →

Come on now, people, must we always be 'offenders for a word?' You know it's true, my Romney-voting-friends, that if it had been Romney who... Read more →

I am told that candor and wit are both detrimental to one's health and longevity; and neither is often prudent. I seem to suffer from... Read more →

I am operating under the assumption that - whether you like it or not, believe it or not, want to admit it or not -... Read more →

"You mean to tell me that, as long as I loudly and eloquently speak in support of LGBT and women's rights, that I can do... Read more →

Atticus Finch taught his daughter, Scout, that you never really know a man until you see things from his point of view. Step into his... Read more →

I entered a photoraphy contest earlier this week, with the photo above as my entry. It's a weekly contest and for this round, the 'assignment'... Read more →

And so it was that from the Bronx a decree was sent forth and was heard throughout the land; a caveat irrevocably added to an... Read more →

No, this post is not about rape, per se. Other than to say I read another blog post about dolphin sex and free-falling from an... Read more →

Every year members of my church (Latter-Day Saints/Mormons) around Manhattan throw a street fair to raise money for various childrens' activities like summer camp, and... Read more →

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So I haven't seen THE ARTIST yet but it's playing at the Paris Theatre and I'm going to see it tonight. I LOVE that I... Read more →

Verschoben ist nicht Aufgehoben -M. S.- Read more →

So this is a poem? Yes, yes it is. Some days you think, no, this is not a poem. Mmm hmmm. That's true. And some... Read more →

"Eye of Newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing,-- For... Read more →

I stood in the hall and pushed the button to wait for the elevator. The meeting had gone well enough. Mr. Stark seemed to like... Read more →

This is my nephew, Merrell. He's eight. Read more →

"Once the storm is over you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact,... Read more →

Walked into first day of writing class today, and what to my wondering eyes did appear, but some great peeps from last class AND some... Read more →

I shot this from the plane on approach to Chicago. Read more →

President Obama and most of Congress - including ALL NY representatives - has permanently lost my confidence and my vote. Sixth Amendment? Oh, no, we... Read more →

by Jason Merrell and True Michael Memmott Here is the Christmas Puppet play my nephew, True, and I wrote and performed together, along with my... Read more →

"Seek not to declare my word, but first seek to obtain my word, and then shall your tongue be loosed; then, if you desire, you... Read more →

Let me get this on the record right now before all the awards start coming and the banter gets buzzing. Meryl Streep WILL win the... Read more →

There's soot on your nose from the times you said Yes There's hype in your house from the curls and the Swagger I heap the... Read more →