Okay, it’s not easy to imagine Lewis Carroll pitching the Alice books to literary agents, but let’s not let that stop us!
Pitching Alice in Wonderland
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Just for Fun
Let’s review the situation
In order to write this "musical" I had to pick a pocket or two. I chose Lionel Bart’s pocket where I found his musical "Oliver." The serfs in my musical are working people. Rich Man (spoken) Please, serfs, I want some more. Tune: "Oliver" Serfs Oligarch, oligarch,...
The Gods of Living Abroad must be crazy
Interview between the Gods of Living Abroad and me, December 1984. Gods: We understand you'd like to live abroad. So tell us a bit about yourself. Me: Well, I love English literature and dairy products. I’m good with words but not with pictures. I’m an Anglophile but...
Framed! Although slightly crooked
“There is nothing like being hanged in a fortnight to concentrate the mind,” wrote Samuel Johnson. Or, as he might also have written, “There is nothing like having your house on a Historic Homes Tour to send you repeatedly to Home Depot.” On Sunday, May 15, about 450...
How not to be acquired by a cat
Yes, I know. You think you are wise in the ways of not being acquired by a cat. You avoid pet shops and cat-themed videos on YouTube. When visiting cat-acquired friends you avert your eyes from the walking furballs. (The cats. It’s okay to look at your friends.) But...
Exercise! What have we got to lose?
This just in: exercise doesn’t help you lose weight. Say you’ve eaten a Milky Way -- accidents happen -- and you want to burn it off. Apparently you have to leap about aerobically for at least 13 hours in a very hot room under the amplified tutelage of an instructor...