A Compendium

Memoirs:

That Time Doris Day Hit the Fan - Or did she? Top Story.

We Got Lost in Paris - And found love. Top Story.

Humbug - Slowly I removed the festive paper.

The True Story of a Maverick Canuck Track & Field Star - Can you spot the 10 Canadian words in this story?

Uncle Ben’s SunRay Club - love at first pencil-mark. Top Story

The Silver Band - When Nixie Left

Teacher

Glittery Eidetiker - with a whole lotta heart

I’m not a Gambling Addict Am I? - Was it love or addiction?

Beautiful Nixie - We set out with a pocketful of donor love and a dog in the backseat who adores car rides...this was her incredible journey

Lady in Red - If they handed out gold medals for mothering, she’d have been shining all over with medallions

Liquid Gold - My Superhero Uniform

Pearls - Savouring wine, inhaling flowers, reinventing love

In the Time of Your Life, Live - Lessons from my cat

Bunny’s Bargain Basement - A buck a pair. 3rd Place in "Thrift Finds"

Dear Terrill - You're a winner...and I love you.

The Way I Wear My Hat - With all the frills upon it. Top Story

In the Cool Night Air Like Shalimar - songs to live by

The Orange, the Soap and the Actress - flowers, waitresses and Des McAnuf

Fiction:

Violette Aubergine - Or Lana Turner and the Purple Leotard

Sapphire Amethyst Topaz - Coven of the Jewels

Deer Beerbelly Cheesecake: We're Just Fine, Thanks - Top Story

Collymore Calls It - Hop on the A-train

Blessings - In the silvery silence I saw a mysterious figure

The Squall - has passed

Diplomas Flambé - Going up in smoke - Top Story

The Gorgeous Girl - Reuters. July 10, 2030 - Top Story

Old Whores Never Die - Tricks, illusions, sleight-of-hand - Winner in "Something is Beginning"

Non-Fiction:

A Good Story - Not well told. Top Story

How to Run a Successful Funder - I had to raise 8 grand for my dog; this is how I did it

Art is Essential - It's food for your soul

A Field of Daffodils Bobbing their Heads: And a transformational tool that conceives of every human being as a system of protective & wounded inner parts led by a core Self

National Coming Out Day - Come out as an ally

Yoga is a Beautiful Thing - Dancing the dance of the pranayama

The End of Moonlight - Forfeiting a peaceful kind of magic for an imaginary sense of security

How Can I Love Harder? - "Love means we believe in one another’s infinite capacity for transformation." Top Story

A Dreaming Place - Hello, Mr. Bell...Is that you?

All You Really Need is Empathy - Mercy is having a sarcasmgasm

The Notorious Ward - Two artists depict the terrible beauty of a city's slums

In the 6ix: A Black Baker Rises to the Top - Top Story

This Crazy Tumble - Endless but joyous

For the Love of Cats - pets, familiars, best friends, movie stars

Dancing, Dissing & Dummies - songs to get you moving, thinking, laughing, crying

How to Write a Feature Film - Herzog kiboshes the 3 Act structure

The Rejection Letter - I won't be sad if you don't like my story - Top Story

A Good Story - not well told - Top Story

Film Arts:

Passing in Technicolor - Technicolor exhibited almost every hue, but certain skin shades were verboten in old Hollywood

Sideshow Bandit - A feature film screenplay, based on a true story about a real life mummy

Ladies of the Silver Screen Pt 1 - Characters I love, brought to life by actresses I love

Ladies of the Silver Screen Pt 2 - More characters I love, brought to life by actresses I love

Stella Adler: Revered and Feared - "I gave up a lot of fun to think. I could've been a real fun girl!"

Cinemama - These movie mothers have something to tell you

Got a Light? - Flicks & Bics & Assorted Thoughts

Drunk Acting - Boiled, stewed and baked in the movies

Meet Crystal Lamont - “I take photos to stop time; that and celebrity sightings.”

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Directed by Blake Edwards from the novel by Truman Capote - a 50 word review

Giant is a Jelly Donut - Directed by George Stevens and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson & James Dean - a 50 word review

Gooseberry Fields - a sitcom pilot

Santa Catalina - Hollywood's Island

Hollywood! - I was there

I'd Like To Thank the Academy - adventures in la la land

I Started a John Doe Club - Capra-Corn, Popcorn & Populism: a cinematic trifecta of hot buttered goodwill

What to Wear to a Pandemic - revelling in the glory of cinematic wardrobe. Top Story

The Best is Yet to Come - You can't set the whole world straight. Life is too short. People will believe what they want to believe.- Frank Sinatra

Muffs - Jean Louis likes them

Brando - a gorgon or a geisha

Queen of Mean - Suzanne Pleshette was not so mean. Top Story

Flix, Fotos & Frocks - Top Story

Straight Down the Line: Into Film Noir (a series):

Straight Down the Line: Into Film Noir - The Letter - the moon, the lace, the smoking gun

Straight Down the Line: Into Film Noir - a triptych of short reviews: Crime Wave; The Killers; The Line Up

Straight Down the Line: Into Film Noir - 5 Brief Reviews: They Won't Believe Me; Shanghai Gesture; Cry Danger; Crossfire; Dark Passage

Straight Down the Line: Into Film Noir - Detour - the ultimate feel bad movie - & it's fabulous

Poetry:

To Do List - created during the pandemic, still relevant. Top Story

The Pink Table - poem

Not Until - haiku

Always With Me - about a dog

Leaping into Eternity - Content Warning

Rock On - limerick Runner Up in "Ludicrous Limerick Challenge"

Dog Dreams - haiku

Liqueur of the Heart - a prose poem. Top Story.

Novella & Novel:

Jayla Mile - a novella - Chapters 1,2,3 - Top Story

The Gorgeous Girls: novel published by HarperCollins.

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