by Pearl Klein | Apr 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
The first 7-to-midnighter happened in the spring of 2001. I lay down on the couch with a book and 5 hours later woke up to go to bed. Not all my evening naps are exactly 7-to-midnighters. Sometimes I can make it to 9:30 or 10, even horizontal. I’ve gotten a...
by Pearl Klein | Apr 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
MR. WEINGLASS: Can you tell the Court and jury your present age? ABBIE HOFFMAN: My age is 33. I am a child of the 60s. MR. WEINGLASS: When were you born? ABBIE HOFFMAN: Psychologically, 1960. MR. SCHULTZ: Objection, if the Court please. I move to strike the answer....
by Pearl Klein | Apr 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
A friend said her son wanted to be a writer when he grew up, was a very good writer, yet didn’t do the things she thought a person who wanted to be a writer would do. He didn’t take classes or workshops in writing, he didn’t read books about writing, and he didn’t try...
by Pearl Klein | Apr 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Worry less about the rest. I don’t remember the pointless thought I had that inspired this, but it seemed like a good idea at the time. I have a lot of thoughts like this, mostly when I’m going to bed, and they take on great importance. My bedside notebook these days...
by Pearl Klein | Apr 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Not the best of all days, not the worst of all days, but as sometimes happens, I’m ecstatic and inspired. A little bit manic, perhaps, and a little bit rock and roll. What happened today? My sister, A., and I had a writing retreat to work on the memoir we’ve been...
