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Boarding school and my lack of understanding of women
I’m not sure boarding school is totally responsible for my lack of understanding of women. I think there’s some natural ability at work here. I have…
Richard Goodman
Mar 24
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My brilliant friend
Many people have written love letters to their cars. My favorite is E.B. White’s “Farewell, My Lovely!,” about his old Model T Ford, published in the…
Richard Goodman
Mar 17
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Teaching my girlfriend Yiddish
I don’t speak Yiddish fluently. Or even semi-fluently. But having lived in New York City for thirty-five years, I acquired a basic store of Yiddish…
Richard Goodman
Mar 10
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Panic attack
One afternoon, some years ago, I went to my ex-wife’s office in Midtown New York City. I don’t remember the reason. We hadn’t been divorced that long…
Richard Goodman
Mar 3
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February 2023
A few words from me and my newsletter
I want to thank all of you for subscribing and/or reading my newsletter. I try my best to say something that at the very least is entertaining. And that…
Richard Goodman
Feb 24
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Charlie and the Censorship Factory
Did you happen to see the recent article in the New York Times about how Roald Dahl’s books are being altered? And not by him, since he died in 1990…
Richard Goodman
Feb 22
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Joining the Salon des Refusés
Thirty years ago, I was at the MacDowell Colony for an artist residency. It was the summer of 1993. It was my first time as a MacDowell Fellow, as…
Richard Goodman
Feb 15
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Enter the dog
My girlfriend Gaywynn and I got a dog. As with many people who get a dog, we really didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into. It’s a puppy, a…
Richard Goodman
Feb 5
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January 2023
Food things that irk me, part 2
Part 1 was vegetarians. I wrote, with some glee, about vegetarians who come for dinner and don’t forewarn you about their uncompromising diet, so that…
Richard Goodman
Jan 27
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An evening guest
We were inside our little house in rural Louisiana. It was after dark. My girlfriend got a text from our next door neighbor saying we had two owls in…
Richard Goodman
Jan 18
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Bad dreams
There was a period in my life years ago when I had nightmares. When I woke up—usually because of the bad dream—I was in a state of terror. That word…
Richard Goodman
Jan 9
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Junior League
Happy New Year, everyone.
Richard Goodman
Jan 1
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