Philip Seymour Hoffman was one of my all-time favorite actors. The ability to disappear into a role is a gift, one that has to extract a high price on the human being with that gift.

That’s what I’m telling myself anyway, because he left the stage before he had the chance to star in my book-to-movie.Continue Reading

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I didn’t give up on a new pair of comfort shoes. I caressed every pair in the Camper store, wondering how my chiropractor would score them.

And, if I didn’t have the image of his approving/disapproving face in my head, I still had the pain in my right foot.Continue Reading