February 3, 2021 Being There—a middle-aged, simple-minded fellow named Chance lives in the townhouse of his wealthy benefactor in Washington, DC. The benefactor could even be his father! Having never left the property, Chance has spent his whole life either in the brownstone’s backyard garden [...]
January 3, 2021 World War II is over. On Christmas Eve 1945, in Bedford Falls, New York, 38-year-old George Bailey stands on the side of bridge contemplating suicide on a blistering, snowy, stormy night. Under George's leadership, a Savings and Loan had eventually established Bailey Park, [...]
December 27, 2020 Charles Dickens wrote a story about a mean, old, stingy guy named Scrooge in 1843—almost 200 years ago—A Christmas Carol. It was written during another time of great change when England was transforming from an agrarian society to an industrial one. If [...]
October 30, 2020 Thirty years ago, while on a scholarship for screenwriting at the National Endowment for the Arts that I thought it would take me straight to the Star Door in Hollywood, I met, instead, a kindred spirit. It was a month long program [...]
July 17, 2020 Like everyone else, I listened to and watched the news of the rioting and looting across America. The anxiety and fears of the ongoing silent war against racism erupted not so silently, blanketing my small town in a dense fog. Looking out [...]
June 2, 2020 The Stay in Place Order looks like it will be lifted in Monterey County on May 31, 2020. But wait a minute! What do I see? Tourists from around the World and Day Trippers from the Bay Area, by the thousands! Everywhere [...]
March 16, 2020 I had learned like everybody else from the film, The Secret, to focus on my desires. But it had exhausted me. I slumped back in my chair, knowing I was missing something besides my bouquet. Snow White plucked the red roses from [...]
March 15, 2020 She took the raffle ticket from his fingertips and held it gently in her smooth-skinned, alabaster hands. I, on the other hand, grasped the raffle ticket in my hand. “The roses are mine,” I chanted silently conjuring, not wanting anyone to hear [...]
March 14, 2020 The concert began. A beautiful young woman who could have been the model for Disney’s Snow White character appeared from no where. She wore short, black wavy sea hair and had dark black eyelashes (ones that put fake eyelashes to shame). Batting [...]
March 12, 2020 It was Valentine’s Day 2020, and I didn’t have a date. I wanted to do something special for myself. So, I dressed up in fancy clothes that I bought with my married girlfriend. She tells me, “You must buy the clothes of [...]
FULL DISCLOSURE: I was a fledgling actress-dancer-model in New York City. This is one of misadventures of the Human Fairy in her early twenties in Little Italy. Later that night, Jill got out of her yellow cab. “How much do I owe you,” “It’s paid [...]
ahumanfairytale.com FULL DISCLOSURE: I was a fledgling actress-dancer-model in New York City. This is one of misadventures of the Human Fairy in her early twenties in Little Italy. ”Jill,” the producer yelled over the party noise, waving her to come over to the very table [...]
