claudia's surf city

My granddaughter made this marzipan pig for me! Isn't she sweet!  

NAME THOSE CHICKS I requested suggestions of names for the Mourning Dove Twins (I was calling them chicks, but I understand they are actuall...

 We sat within view of the actual Brooklyn bridge and harbor, but settled for the historical view in the dining room. we were joined earlier...

The cruelties of illness and time. I saw Ed on Monday. I got there around two and had dinner with him (for once, he had something other than...

  I know y'all don't think I do anything much other than sit on my ass and drink beer and write intros for friends' books and th...

  Well. It doesn't look like a beach day in Block Island. My sister, Erin, sent me a pic of this year's destroyed railings (bane of ...

  One morning Isaac heard cooing and saw some fluttering, but the flowerpot stayed empty for a few days, despite early morning cooing. I won...

  Linda came to New York for another LIFE friend's book party, and so of course we went to see Ed. This was two weeks ago. Peter Meyer, ...

We have been too busy eating to post. Will catch up presently.  

So while my face was undergoing reconstruction, so was my bathroom. Those people who are uninterested in construction may skip this post.   ...

It's all good, fans!  

 Selfies like you maybe don't want to see! OK, trigger warning. These pictures have not been, ahem, doctored. Although doctors have been...

  We met at the Flying Fish in Memphis. (If you don't know it, look it up! ) It was only because Ping wanted to take a picture with the ...

    Yesterday I visited Ed in his high end assisted living apartment. Check out the view from the roof (above) or the prices at The Waterma...

  So a week and a half ago I started feeling sick, then finally tested positive for the Covid, the day before I was supposed to go to Califo...