Random life
experiences
Flounced around Martin Van Buren’s mansion wearing a hoop skirt
Faced down a fisher cat
Know the thumping of bear paws on grassy soil
Stomped a threatening snake
Accidentally shut down the Kingston Rhinecliff Bridge when my car
was disabled and I was suspected of being a “jumper”
Danced at the Copacabana
Outwitted a fiend on a NYC subway
Dealt with two stalkers
Read Tarot cards for two television talk show hosts
Interviewed on a syndicated L.A. talk show
Goofed around with Dom DeLuise
Got lost on Bear Mountain
Met Mohamed Ali, photographed George C. Scott, commiserated with
Martin Mull, danced with Arte Johnson
Took candid photos of Harry Chapin singing to children on a TV set
and gave them to Tom Chapin
Sweated through a day-long sweat lodge
Did a loop de loop on a trapeze
Ran out of gas wearing Alice in Wonderland “Dormouse” makeup
Flew in a glider
Been on TV, radio, stage, and screen
Did a west coast book tour
Host and read at poetry/spoken word events
Co-produced/co-hosted a Valentine’s Day program raided by the police
Performed in Howard Zinn’s play “Emma” and met him after a show
Wrote a monthly lifestyle column
Been on silent retreats
Hospitalized for Broken Heart Syndrome
Promoted a “Rotten Sneaker Contest”
Worked with Baseball Hall of Famers
Walked in the Green Mountains with a falconer and Harris Hawk
Ate tiny oysters on a beach in Venezuela
Handfed a brood of baby cockatiels
Interviewed Ismail Merchant as he served me tea in his home
Selected to receive a “makeover” for a feature in a national magazine...most agreed
the”before” photo was better!
Got to interview a NASA rocket scientist.