Mylène Dressler is a writer and a "superb" speaker whose work has been hailed by the New York Times as "splendid' and by the Christian Science Monitor as "haunting," "demanding" and "perfect."
Dear Friends,This evening, I'm thinking of all of you who have taken on the challenge of National Novel Writing Month; of all of you who have simply taken on the challenge of writing, or of reading deeply into books; and of all of us, together, who simply live up or down, each day, to the challenge of living. There are times when we need, when we want, when we can call on deep, ...
It's Deli Day at Temple Israel. In the community hall the stage is piled thick and close with white paper bags, each bag containing a wrapped corned-beef sandwich, a container of slaw, a pickle, and some mustard. The corned beef has been flown in from New York City. The bags emerge from offstage--the Temple's kitchen--and are deposited in white clusters like folded swans along the proscenium's ...
Arrange a hundred decks of cards in front of you. Choose a card. Lay it down on the table. Choose another. Then another. Then another. Lean each one against the next, each time seeking the balance point. Carefully choose your cards. Carefully build your structure. Watch it grow higher and higher. Keep this up for several months, or years.When the structure is in place, return ...
