In: Journal
19 Jan 2005A long time ago, I started this blog with a promise to myself that I would write something every day. This would be my morning pages, written by hand in my paper journal first (according to Julia Cameron’s rules), and then transcribed here on BornFamous. It worked, more or less, until three years ago. That’s [...]
I finally got a bed–a real bed!–yesterday, after sleeping [how many years, three? four? five?] on first a couch, then a chair, a cot and finally graduating to the luxury of an old mattress on the floor. Bought the bed from my friend Nicole, the lovely lady I met last spring when I briefly rented [...]
In: Quotes
15 Jan 2005When someone works for less pay than she can live on–when, for example, she goes hungry so that you can eat more cheaply and conveniently–then she has made a great sacrifice for you, she has made you a gift of some part of her abilities, her health, and her life. The “working poor,” as they [...]
In: Blog
12 Jan 2005Thought you might like a little history lesson, courtesy of the BBC: It does not detract from the relief operation in Asia to question the title almost routinely given to it as the “world’s largest relief operation ever”. The huge American undertakings that fed millions of people during and after the World War I rescued [...]
In: Blog
12 Jan 2005Thanks, Mary Beth, for letting me know comments weren’t working. Turned out to be a simple permissions error.
I'm not really famous. In case you were wondering. But I tried. I once believed that fame makes you real - a perversion of "The Velveteen Rabbit" theme that love makes you real. Guess I equated fame with love. Sad. You can read more about that here.