So Write, Already!
For most of the past week, I have been stuck at home, courtesy of a big arthritis flare-up in my right knee that turned me into a temporary cripple. A great chance to sit down […]
Author: Kathy Minicozzi
Kathy Minicozzi is an opera singer turned aspiring writer, who lives somewhere in New York City. In other words, she's weird, but harmless. She is the author of "Opera for People Who Don't Like It," in which she turns the world of opera and its performers upside down while, at the same time, making it understandable to non-opera lovers and making everyone laugh.
If Thank You Letters Told the Truth …
… they might look something like these: Dear Aunt Gertie: Thank you for the lovely gift. We don’t know what it is, but it gave the whole family a much needed laugh, and it continues […]
The Accidental Student: Part II
Introduction These are the adventures of a valiant woman who, later in life, decided that she was not quite educated enough. Come with her as she struggles inside the halls of ivy. Feel compassion as […]
Life in New York City
They descend like swarms of bees. They cut in front of us in Starbucks.* They dawdle on Broadway and get in everybody’s way. They block crosswalks and subway exits. They take the width of a […]
Life in New York City
Language The official language of New York is English, but you’d never know it. Spanish is everywhere, even in subway advertisements. (I pick up a lot of Spanish from reading ads on boring subway rides.) […]
Bloody Mary
I don’t know why I did it. I was half-asleep and annoyed, but that’s no excuse. It was a pure case of mental age regression. I don’t know any other way to explain it. It […]
Life in New York City
New York has a bad reputation, much of it undeserved. In movies, television and newspapers New York is always dirty, crime-filled, blight-ridden and dangerous. (“There are 8 million stories in The Naked City … .”? […]
Kathy’s Points to Remember: Fashion
Rule No. 1: If it shows everything you’ve got, don’t wear it. Rule No. 2: If it’s ugly, don’t wear it. Rule No. 3: If it looks fabulous on someone else but butt-ugly on you, […]
The Accidental Student, Part 1: Deja Vu
http://gty.im/95011831 One of the perks of working at my university is that employees are eligible to take classes without having to pay tuition. We only have to pay the incidental charges and buy our own […]
Request to Cancel Service: More Fun With Microsoft Word Templates
DISCLAIMER: Any resemblance in this piece to any corporation or any person, alive or dead, is purely accidental. The author (i.e. me) made this all up. I’m good at that. ____________________ This first emailed letter […]