Tag Archives: Patti Smith
We Were All Just Kids – Ode to the Inspired Genius of Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe
Just before I lost my high level position as director of communications for a national medical association in mid-June 2011, I read Just Kids by Patti Smith. In the darkest days after losing my job, I found inspiration and salvation … Continue reading
Filed under Art and Culture, Celebrities, Human Behavior, Pop Culture
The Times Square of My Mind
As an impressionable young woman, I journeyed to fabled Manhattan from my relatively sheltered life as an art student at RISD in Providence, R.I. Upon alighting at Penn Station for the very first time, there was a bit of a glitch. … Continue reading
Filed under Art and Culture, Entertainment, Human Behavior, Pop Culture
2011 Top 20 Grouches vs. Top 20 Purrs
Top 20 Grouches Losing my director-level position and being unemployed for the first time in 20 years in a dismal job market My sister Janet losing her glamorous Hollywood job 6 weeks after me Jeff’s scary February car accident on an icy treacherous stretch of road in … Continue reading
