by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 25, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
While waiting for a match (see post below), I decided to treat myself to a night at the theatre. The work of writer and actor Spalding Gray, best known for his dramatic monologues, has been woven into a show called Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell at the Minetta...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 24, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
As you know, I’ve been suffering from cabin-fever during these last gasps of winter (still below freezing daily, except for one glorious sunny day on Wednesday this week when it was a warm 5 degrees Celcius and everyone skipped about like it was Spring). My head...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 20, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
I snapped this photo en route to tennis this week. I realised that I could use an escape ladder right about now, myself. According to a local who knows these things, I’m experiencing “The Febs” – the depressive symptoms associated with the tail...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 20, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble … Here is the Prospect Park Tennis Center, which from November through to the end of April each year is shrouded in an enormous air-conditioned bubble to ensure that we mortals don’t freeze our tennis balls off when trying...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 16, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Meet Randy, concierge at my workplace on 86th and Riverside Drive. He has worked in the same job for more than twenty years. Despite his youthful appearance, I have learned he will celebrate his 50th birthday later this year. In his spare time he coaches his...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 14, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
It’s Valentines Day in one cold city. Ice storms and freezing rain have driven everyone indoors. On the subway, people are so rugged up it’s not worth the effort to disrobe during the commute home. I saw a woman and a man, sitting opposite each other in...