Confessions of a Climate Change Comedy Screenwriter
There have been red flag warnings in some part of Southern California for 14 of the last 17 days. The stretch started January 7, the day the Palisades and Eaton Fires started. The dangerous conditions continue to pose a threat to our nation’s second largest city. The topography of Los Angeles is complex. The two […]
Read More Into the Palisades/Altadena FutureMy tendency is to focus on the love struck. Because I enjoy characters struggling with problems their emotions cause.
Read More Purposeful Heart Energy—Hurricanes are more powerful; droughts linger longer and wildfires rage uncontrollably across the landscape. I have a second climate change comedy screenplay under construction. The best way to think about the climate is to laugh about our predicament and then because we can see for ourselves the impact our runaway climate is having on our […]
Read More Comedy as CureNear one half of California’s Imperial Valley water is used to grow alfalfa. Much of this crop is used to support the regions dairy operations, what isn’t shipped to the regions milk producers is exported to foreign markets. Let’s get this said plain and simple. Alfalfa is a water intensive crop, perhaps the most water […]
Read More Whitewashed Green DesertI’ll never forget seeing West Side Story for the first time. Until that moment I had thought the American musical could never accommodate what Bernstein, Sondheim and Jerome Robbins would stage for audiences. West Side Story’s impact was like St Peppers Lonely Heart Club Band, 2001 A Space Odyssey—these are not insignificant moments, we don’t […]
Read More What the World Needs Now—I want our existential crisis to be funny, I want humanity to win, and I want the story to have a glorious life extending ending. I hope that’s not asking too much—
Read More climate change comedyRevisions to the screenplay continue at a measured pace. I unpacked a lengthy exchange between two characters, that helped with flow. I’m still miserable about trying to hide a few key facts without bringing the narrative to a grinding halt. The manuscript is in Word on my computer and iPad, I can read while I’m […]
Read More finish the lineSetting sail destination unknown—
Read More Spirit’s New HomeI tossed a life preserver to my foundering soul and signed up for sailing lessons.
Read More Soul with a Chaser of WindDeparted San Diego on November 19th at 0830 hours. We arrived in San Jose del Cabo on the southern tip of the Baja peninsula on December 1st at 1030 hours. We made stops in Ensenada, Turtle and Magdalena Bay before arriving at the southernmost tip of Baja in San Jose del Cabo. The length of […]
Read More Southbound Along Baja