Last weekend, I watched one of my favoriteCharlie Chan films, CASTLE IN THE DESERT (1942)which reminded me of this chapter from the autobiography I'm working on:Castle in the DesertWhen I lived in New York I used to go to an old movie theater,red as a velvet heart inside with lamps on the walls. I watched My Little Chickadee with W.C. Fields and Mae West, The Marx Brothers and Charlie Chanfinding the Castle in the Desert. Homesick in one...
Last Monday at this very momentwe were watching a cartoon where someone had to face their fear of snakes.Seeing enoughI went into the kitchen and there was a garter snakecurled on the floor.Fearlessly, I got it outside using a dustpan and a paper bag.paintings by Rustle and R...