by Ira | Jul 16, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
I recalled an interaction with an old friend today, listening to Dancing On My Own, which is a song that missed me when I first came out. I only really discovered it a few years ago, and by that I mean that I discovered that it was one of my favorite songs. The...
by Ira | Jul 15, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
So, it was one hundred degrees today. Whew! Felt like it, too, which I suppose it always does when it gets that hot. It doesn’t always feel like the temperature it is outside in LA. Sometimes it feels warmer than it really is, sometimes it doesn’t feel quite as warm....
by Ira | Jul 14, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
We keepin it light again tonight because it was a buuusssyyyy day. Unexpectedly so. But I did good work. Got not all but plenty of my writing done. Enough that I can make it work. Wiped. Night night.
by Ira | Jul 13, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
A quick one tonight because I’m tiiiiiired…but it was a good day. Got my shit done. Woohoo! Night night.
by Ira | Jul 12, 2026 | Challenge, Journal
Back in the day, on a Friday or Saturday night, Maggiano’s at The Grove was a poppin, poppin place. I worked the host stand for the first year or so that I was employed there, and it was madness. We were in a tiny little cubby that looked like it should have been a...