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Local osprey. Gone fishin’.

Most kind! Thank you.

Can't find this on US Amazon. Any pointers?

Goodnight, Sturgeon gibbous moon.

Why don't we do it in the road?
OTD in 1969 the Beatles prepped for The Photo.

Adriana Trigiani Podcast Episode · Writers at Work · 08/07/2025 · 44m

My guest on this episode of Writers at Work is Adriana Trigiani, best-selling author, playwright, screenwriter, director and force of nature.

Her current novel is “The View from Lake Como” and it landed dead-center on my Italian-American soul.

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I am a major Denise Mina fan. The Long Drop ranks as one of my favorites. And what did the Daily Telegraph mean by "who may be"?

1980s Warner Bros. I was a consulting writer on a pilot starring Sylvia Sydney & Tony Goldwyn. Produced by Barbra Streisand. Hey, if your gonna drop names... I kept a nice distance from Ms. Sydney. I did shake hands with Ms. Streisand when she came over to thank the writers. Yes, my knees went weak.

Weekend reading.

Pirate horizon.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

Temptation Tuesday. My final night in DC, I felt like Mr. Creosote after an amazing meal at Joe's Seafood. But the waiter mentioned their home-baked peach and huckleberry pie. He had me at huckleberry.

I’ve got one in red and one in blue. In use for years.

Very sorry to learn of Loni Anderson's passing. Burt Reynolds divorced her when she took the job we offered her to star on NBC's Nurses. Through her pain and the media circus she remained a pro, a delight, and comedy gold. Smart, talented, and gracious every day.

Wrapping up a few days of site surveying in DC for my next spy novel with dinner tonight near the White House.

You know it’s a cool restaurant when this is how they store their TP. Pastis, Washington, DC.

Most of the above.

A Kubrick vanishing point moment today on the 3rd floor of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

Nice to be in DC, where we can get along on occasion. And tonight’s occasion is a Sagamore rye Manhattan at Clyde’s in Georgetown.

Lunch in Greenwich Village today. And…my first time on the Subway since the pandemic. I know!! Great to be back in my NYC flow.

My antidote for toxic cable news. Stream Graham Norton.

Weekend reading.

Reservation for Mr Dylan Thomas?

Been a while since I made pizza. Remedied that tonight. Delicious. And, yes, I share. Here's your before & after.

No matter what, take time to dream.

Found this online today. So happy to see so many great books by terrific authors (and friends) including Linwood Barclay for 2021's Find You First, Megan Abbott's The Turnout, Denise Mina's The Long Drop, and on with great after great.
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HBD, BC of 221B.

TBT/Night Court: The Year of Living Beardlessly.
(L-R) David Wood, moi, Tom Reeder, Mystery Crew Guy, Harry Anderson, Marsha Warfield, Will Utay, Susie Gunter, Jim Drake.