meditations and dialogues about family, books, ideas, and the writing life
Posted in Books, My first novel on Dec 11th, 2010
I am pleased to inform you that the release date of my novel is March 1, 2011! It is finally official. After many months of anticipation (and no previous experience in the process), I feel like I have been granted a secret code or a key that can unlock mysterious and previously unattainable worlds. Here [...]
Posted in Spirituality & religion on Mar 2nd, 2010
Who knows where a lunch can lead? In a previous post, I recalled meeting Rabbi Martin Siegel of Columbia, Maryland, over conversation, sushi, tea, and minor questions like: What is spirituality? I wondered what Rabbi Martin thought of my blog post on that conversation, and he has kindly replied. But not in the way you might think. [...]
Posted in Spirituality & religion on Jan 31st, 2010
Today I had lunch with my dear friend, Mike, his wife, Lois, and their friend Rabbi Siegel. Yes, the famous Rabbi, who in the 70s denounced his congregation’s materialism and shallow religious convictions. We ate sushi and talked about spirituality. What does it really mean? How to define it? After an hour and many cups [...]
