I Couldn't Throw It Out Blog

The one Keith Haring treasure I have that no one else seems to have:  my People Magazine articles.  So I'm posting them here for anyone who wants to read them. By the way, if you're on Facebook, be sure to check out the very active Keith …

The signed catalogue? The one-of-a-kind puzzle? The poster? The t-shirt? Tell me what should stay and what should go. Loading…

Since the 1960s, I saved every letter I received -- and any greeting card that had more than a signature inside.  But here's the problem:  I rarely go back and look at them.  So this holiday season, I decided to sort through the 76 C…

In 2020, during Covid quarantine, director Gregg Edelman (recently starring in Broadway's Water for Elephants) gathered terrific actors for a Zoom reading of my three-act play We'll Be Fine. The first act, which I'm sharing below, focuses on a fath…

Ice-T is up to so much -- if you did a Google search, it would be overwhelming.  To help you keep up, we've gathered some favorite recent links. (And if you want to know where he was at 33 years ago, check out my never-shared 1991 Ice-T interv…

Guests on the podcast Zestful Aging always sound interesting. Without fail.  No matter what the topic is. Which is one reason why I'm so happy to be interviewed on the new episode, talking about the things I couldn't throw out and the one thing…

My mom Doris Small thought the greatest honor on earth was getting published. For some reason -- a lack of time, a lack of confidence -- she never tried to write a book.  But when I was in college and getting published in a magazine, this inspi…

Behold the beauty of Life in a Blender, performing at Joe's Pub in NYC. I know what you're thinkin'.  You're thinkin' "I love the theme song to I Couldn't Throw It Out so much that I must hear more from these musicians." Well, it's your lucky …

For our podcast tribute to Melanie, I loved listening again to her music -- finding old favorites and ones I missed until now.  For those of you with Apple Music, here's a playlist of essentials.   For everyone else, I've added note…

In our podcast episode about singer/songwriter Melanie, photographer Maddy Miller describes some iconic photos that she took of Melanie and shares some of the gifts she received from Melanie during their lifelong friendship.  Here's where you c…