Darryle Pollack | I never signed up for this...
confessions of a cluttered mind
What else can you possible call it? With respect to Theodore Dreiser, no fiction writer could dream up this mess. It would be a great story, if only it weren’t real. I didn’t intend to write about it…but I also didn’t think John Edwards could sink any lower than he already had. I love words [...]
I realize you can’t really equate having cancer with having a baby (although they both cause you to end up sleepless)… but stick with me before you dismiss this as just a bad analogy. Breast cancer survivors compare stories like mothers compare stories of childbirth. Instead of centimeters dilated, we talk centimeters of tumors. If [...]
I’m feeling the love–even though I didn’t love living here for the first few years—-I’m officially starting the Carmel California Fan Club……to share some of what creates Carmel’s character. Since I’m not much of a photographer…and since today it was raining…. and since I’m way too spoiled to shoot in the rain, these are some [...]
Answer to the most frequently asked question around here: No, Clint Eastwood is no longer the mayor; but he’s still Carmel’s most famous citizen. Among other local oddities like no streetlights, no high heels and no eating ice cream on the street ( NOT urban legends but actual city ordinances) my biggest surprise 15 years [...]
She’s the only person left on the planet who changed my diapers. She remembers the day I was born. She lives across the country; I see her very rarely. At 91, she moves a little slower and shakier—but she’s as sharp and salty as ever. She reads like crazy but she doesn’t use a computer— [...]
…..by what comes out of my dinky little camera when I point and shoot… as I did today between storms.
So shoot me. I totally thought I was over him.…until these 5 recent developments: Reason #1 Eleonora. My change of heart started with her comment when I dumped George in favor of Alec Baldwin.- She suggested that I reconsider —due to her personal experience after recently working on a film with George in Italy. She [...]
At home there was no power– so during a break in the storm I went where the power was. Some people are drawn to deserts or mountains; I feel most grounded by an ocean. And I’m not a fair weather friend. Actually, foul weather is pretty fabulous at Carmel Beach….. …..or where the beach usually [...]
I’ve never been to Haiti. My friend Bob Beers has. We worked together in Miami television; he later traveled extensively throughout Latin America for CBS News. After a 30-year friendship hiatus, we reconnected when a mutual friend tracked Bob down via Facebook and I got to see him last summer. He sends me messages and [...]
This is not a rhetorical question. And I’m not being coy. I don’t have an answer to this question—but if there’s nothing the matter with Meryl Streep, then something is the matter with that. Seriously. Could anyone be this magical? It’s Hollywood awards season. AKA Streep season. Time for Meryl to scoop up statues. When [...]
After becoming a writer, artist, TV journalist, mother and breast cancer survivor----I realize nothing turns out the way we expect. So I blog about handling the big and little things — with humor, humanity, and hope.
The knobs say it all: Susan is the super-hero inside every woman. Made of ceramic knobs, hand–painted tiles, on a painted background. Measures 12″ X 12″ .
It's the combination, of course. And the locks will open for the right person---(to be revealed on the back when you take her home.) Made of combination locks and hand-painted tiles on a painted background. Measures 14" by 14".
Pun intended. A nice pair---of pears...made of miniature porcelain boxes, surrounded by painted tiles and broken china on a painted background. Measures 11" square.
Hope: not only on her driver’s license, but in her heart. Ceramic ribbon, hand-painted tiles on a painted background, measures 9 inches square.
Word surrounded by hand-painted tiles in bright and beautiful (gold and marine blue) colors, with border of tiny gold tiles. Measures 11" square.
True beauty lies in the imperfections. Irregular mirror surrounded by hand-painted tiles with a border of ceramic tiles. Measures 11" square.
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