So, he’s at college now. We loaded his stuff into one car, but then there wasn’t room for all of us to fit, so Dev and I took the other car. We stopped at my in-laws in Worcester – Denis’s sister Ann Marie and brother-in-law Neil Coleman’s house – and our nieces were there and Grandma Nora.
Ann Leary, author of The Good House
Author of The Good House
Discerning Critics
August 30, 2008 by 4 Comments
The other night I went to see A.R. Gurney’s Off-Broadway play, “Buffalo Gal,” which is a wonderful show about the staging of a production of Anton Checkov’s “The Cherry Orchard.” Well, it’s about much more than that, but as I watched the play I realized, with some degree of shame, that I have never actually read or seen, “The Cherry Orchard”, and, as I am planning to interview Mr. Gurney for my radio show, IN HOUSE, I decided I would order a copy of the play from Amazon. I went to the Amazon page and out of curiosity, I scrolled down to the customer reviews.
IN HOUSE Today
August 30, 2008 by 1 Comment
Today, at 2:00 PM(ET) tune into WHDD-91.9FM to listen to my IN HOUSE interview with Milos Forman. You can listen to to it as it’s broadcast by clicking on the WHDD link above, or anytime after the interview by clicking here.
Here’s a shot of Milos standing next to what appears to be a giant Oscar:
He won the Oscar for this:
And this:
And was robbed for films like this:
And began his career with films like this:
Join my discussion with the engaging and brilliant Mr. Forman this Saturday at 2:00 on IN HOUSE.
An Update About the Missing “Stuff”
August 29, 2008 by 7 Comments
So I made a few inquiries into the Oreo situation.
It turns out that the culprit (I promised not to name names) did most certainly NOT scrape the stuff from the middle with his/her teeth.
This person untwisted the cookie, then married the two halves with the “stuff”, thereby making the double-stuff Oreos, quadruple-stuffed. Then he/she thoughtfully returned the blank halves to the cookie tray, in case somebody wanted no-stuff Oreos. At no time, said the perp, did the cookie come into contact with his/her mouth. This person was concerned about waste, the little angel, that’s why they didn’t throw away the unused halves.
Wicked Bad
August 28, 2008 by 2 Comments
I was out all day and when I arrived home I found bits of white fluff all over our floor. I followed the trail of fluff to the living room where I learned that the girls had decided to destroy their “puppy”.
They have been taking turns gently carrying this stuffed animal around for over a year – I actually thought that they sort of thought it was their puppy. I have no idea what made them decide to suddenly commit infanticide. When I removed it, to photograph how they had gnawed off one of its eyes, Daphne made a lunge for the other!
Dressing Room Woes
August 27, 2008 by 8 Comments
It’s that time of year again. I must find myself a dress to wear to an awards show. An awards show with a red carpet. A show with a red carpet along which flocks of beautiful young starlets, models and actresses will daintily tiptoe in their Manolos and their Jimmy Choos, their perfect bodies draped in custom-designed finery, adorned with diamonds and carrying gem-encrusted clutches. Their lithe muscles will be toned to within an inch of perfection. Long of lash and leg., they will smile and wave; their hair swept up into elaborately glamorous cascades of lusciousness, their skin glowing with youth.
Milos Forman IN HOUSE
August 25, 2008 by 2 Comments
This beautiful image is a still from Milos Forman’s film, Loves of a Blonde, which was made in 1965 in Czechoslovakia and was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. You might be more familiar with Mr. Forman’s American films which include One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ragtime, Amadeus, Hair, The People vs. Larry Flynt among many others.
I know it’s only Monday, but I have to start raving about this Saturday’s IN HOUSE Radio program, because in it, I interview Milos Forman. The man is so fascinating and sexy and charming (his wife Martina is too young and beautiful to be jealous) that I could listen to him tell stories all day.
A Great Idea
August 23, 2008 by 9 Comments
Yesterday I determined that riding my horse Sailor would be a very therapeutic endeavor for me. I’ve been in a little bit of a funk. This was meant to cheer me up. So I went out and collected Sailor from his field and we walked up to the barn – he jigging and prancing with nervous excitement-me wondering what I ever thought was so great about horses anyway.
The Lambertson-Truexes
August 23, 2008 by Leave a Comment
The Lambertson/Truex Show IN HOUSE
August 22, 2008 by 1 Comment
Some of you might recall that two weeks ago there was a little mix-up and although I had announced that my IN HOUSE Radio Interview with Richard Lambertson and John Truex was going to air that weekend, it did not air. This was due to a mistake that I am now humble enough to admit was partially my fault. There was some miscommunication about which show should air when.
