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Hello There

January 19, 2020November 18, 2020 / Martin Goldberg

The holiday season has finally come to an end, taking with it all the attendant sights and sounds we experience on an annual basis. A smattering of snow, an inescapable barrage of Christmas music, a shopping public with behavioral tendencies that put one more in mind of a Venezuelan food riot than the birth of … Continue reading Hello There

Steve Gordon: The Moon and New York City

December 3, 2019November 18, 2020 / Martin Goldberg / 6 Comments

I'm writing this on November 27th, 2019. It is thirty-seven years to the day since Steve Gordon died. If you are not around my age (fifty-six), and/or a bit of a movie buff then his name is unlikely to ring a bell, but to me he represents the most agonizing instance of "what if?" I've … Continue reading Steve Gordon: The Moon and New York City

Jennie Litvak: Blown Away

November 27, 2019November 18, 2020 / Martin Goldberg

Back in July I came across an obituary in The Economist that resonated for me, and has continued to drift in and out of my mind in the ensuing months. Part of that, I'm sure, is a function of the way in which I enjoy the magazine. I have a 110-mile round trip commute and … Continue reading Jennie Litvak: Blown Away

Know What I Mean?

November 12, 2019November 30, 2022 / Martin Goldberg / 1 Comment

In the last two, or so, years I have written just over 74,000 words. At a standard rate of conversion that runs to about 296 pages. While I have included the subject of language policing in other work on more than one occasion (Intolerant Me, The End Of Days), I've never specifically dedicated a post … Continue reading Know What I Mean?

Pretty As A Picture

October 14, 2019August 15, 2020 / Martin Goldberg / 4 Comments

I dedicated a fair amount of time this past summer reflecting on my days as a film student. Which would be unremarkable if I had been spending my days reviewing movies or even absorbed in still photography. I was writing a one act play. And yet, there was an underlying rationale to the way my … Continue reading Pretty As A Picture

Not a Cloud in the Sky

September 30, 2019October 13, 2019 / Martin Goldberg / 2 Comments

I have been posting at this space for just short of the last two years, and had been working in long hand for a few months before that. In all that time I have written not more than a few tangential words (You Had To Be There) about the events of September 11th, 2001. No … Continue reading Not a Cloud in the Sky

Speaking Volumes

July 15, 2019December 18, 2019 / Martin Goldberg / 5 Comments

As a child, I spent a great deal of time at the movies. When I was very young and my family still functioned as one, it was an inexpensive night out. When things began to slowly erode at home I was fortunate enough to have a maiden aunt living with us who combined a tendency … Continue reading Speaking Volumes

In The Wee Small Hours Of The Bottom Of The Ninth

June 21, 2019June 29, 2019 / Martin Goldberg / 2 Comments

One year ago my step-son, M____, and I stood in the seats behind home plate at Growden Memorial Park, in Fairbanks, Alaska. It was just after ten P.M. and the park was lit in shifting series of hues, ranging from a fading gold to a subdued gray as the threat of rain remained as much … Continue reading In The Wee Small Hours Of The Bottom Of The Ninth

That Other Sunday In Spring

June 16, 2019July 24, 2020 / Martin Goldberg / 6 Comments

It is now the seventh Father's Day that has passed since my dad died. In those intervening years I have not been prone to brooding too frequently or deeply about his passing, or the complicated way in which we were connected, but I find myself thinking of him quite a bit today. I suppose that … Continue reading That Other Sunday In Spring

The Riches of Embarrassment

May 24, 2019May 24, 2019 / Martin Goldberg / Leave a comment

I am, as I've mentioned in the past (Family Valued), something of an insomnia driven t.v. watcher. If you're a member of that club then you already know that at some point the viewing choices are thin enough so that the commercials offer more entertainment than the scheduled programming. Having spent more than a few … Continue reading The Riches of Embarrassment

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