What makes you most anxious? When I am doing something new, I’m crazy with anxiety. There are too many unknowns and too much not in my control. Since Covid, I have anxiety every time I leave my house. It’s not the disease anymore, I have grown accustom to the predictability of my home environment. I… Continue reading

What activities do you lose yourself in? Often I lose myself in my writing. Some days I have so many ideas, I can’t write fast enough to put them to paper. Sometimes I wake in the night and stories are in my head. I can’t get back to sleep until I write them down. When… Continue reading

Where would you go on a shopping spree? When I was younger, probably Home Depot to stock up on gadgets and wood, but now, because my hands and joints are soar, the Art store or a bookstore. I already have too many books to read, but I never get tired of stocking up on canvas… Continue reading

What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance? My middle name is my mother’s maiden name. It was a tradition in my family to give the first born son his mother’s maiden name, or that is what I was told. It turns out that my father was the first one, and I… Continue reading

What are three objects you couldn’t live without? My heart, because I need to care; my hands, because I need to create; and my mind, because I need to remember. Continue reading

What experiences in life helped you grow the most? Any experiences that formed foundational events involved people. I remember long conversations with my mother about film and theater. My grandfather taught me to paint. My father taught me to fish. I remember long conversations with one uncle about religion, and my other uncle taught me… Continue reading

Describe the last difficult “goodbye” you said. My mother lived a long and good life, but I wished she lived longer. In fact, I thought she had many years left in her. Unfortunately, she had been living with cancer which was not discovered, because she never complained about the pain and her day to day… Continue reading

Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on. My daughter had a large Lego model of the Millennium Falcon. We built a coffee table display out of Mahogany. It has a thick glass top, lights and sound effects. We did it together; it took us a whole summer and now she has an… Continue reading

What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months? I have a book ready to publish (my opinion), and I am evaluating going the self-publishing route, which requires almost as much work. This is the age where traditional publishers are one avenue, but not the only avenue. Of course, the stigma… Continue reading