I was in a restaurant in the Lower East Side Side that gave a complimentary tiny cup of chocolate pudding with my coffee. I ate a spoonful and thought I had more, but I guessed I ate the whole thing while chatting with a friend. When I went outside and opened my umbrella, a lump […]
This is actually a poem I wrote at least three years ago, but sometimes that’s how long it takes for a magazine to actually get it out i print. That’s why I’ve taken to literary blogs. Story of the Great Depression Max and Masha, the old couple who owned the grocery, knew from Russia […]
What a quietly told, beautifully acted, and surprising film. Don’t look too closely at reviews because they might give away the astonishing plot. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a full five stars and I’m with them. Sarah Adler, the heroine, is so gifted. I think the overly made-up, overly nipped and tucked and bleached look of […]
Hi, folks, Somehow my website posts rearranged itself so I couldn’t find this post. Forgive me if you’ve already read them. Best, Rochelle http://abstractmagazinetv.com/2018/05/23/every-window-leads-to-edward-hopper-by-rachel-jewel-shapiro/
We were walking to the diner for our Thursday night pea soup when a car came right up onto the sidewalk, flattening the iron traffic sign, and thudding into the tree at the front of my building. Had Bernie and I left moments later, we would have been in the path of the car. The […]