Friday God help us. The New York Times says that conditions in California are “apocalyptic.” What a pitiful piece of reporting. California is an enormous state. Yes, much of it is in the northern part of the state where the…
Wednesday A perfectly ordinary day here in Beverly Hills until I walked into my doctor’s office. He’s a psychiatrist I have seen for more than 40 years for my serious addiction to self-criticism. He’s an unusual shrink. He used to…
Sunday “We’re having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave. The temperature’s rising, it isn’t surprising … ” That’s from something. I’m not sure what. A musical of long ago. No matter. It is hot as blazes here in Sunny…
These times are among the strangest economic times we have ever lived through as a nation. We are simultaneously witnessing a horror show and a happy days are here again show. As we all know, back in February, the U.S….
Monday A few facts about the economy and about life and politics. One: there are no unemployed physicians or so few as to be zero in statistical terms. Two: Ditto for dentists. Three: Ditto for law enforcement professionals such as…
Thursday The heat wave is finally breaking. Today was a perfect day, weather-wise. But the omens for our glorious America are terrifying, and this puts a cloud overhead even when I am in my pool staring at the blue skies…
Friday A stunning day. I did my usual stuff, swimming, eating, resting. I went to my condos at the Shoreham Towers and looked through a huge stash of photos of our super-handsome son in Idaho in the ’80s and ’90s….
Thursday Oooh. It’s dark and dreary this morning. Unusual for glorious Beverly Hills. I got up, put on my swimsuit, put in my earplugs, and swam for about half an hour in my sinfully warm pool. I swam on my…
Tuesday A perfect day. I awakened, had a modest breakfast, then read the online news. The polls about Trump/Biden are terrifying. The exact same thing is happening that happened in 1973–74 to Richard Nixon. The media powers that had a…
