Susan Block's Blog

by Dr. Susan Block. Now tumbling down the hill of time in an avalanche of emotion is the first anniversary of Max’s death. It’s been a year of immeasurable loss, bottomless grief, sleepless nights, vivid memories, strange and somewhat comforting rituals – ashes to ashes, stroke to smoke – Bonoboville gatherings and art therapy since […]

by Dr. Susan Block. It’s coming up on our 34th Wedding Anniversary! Well, not exactly. Sad to say, my beloved Max passed away last year after a major stroke that shattered his brain (but not our marriage). So, though we would be married 34 years on April 12, 2026 if Max were alive, we were […]

by Dr. Susan Block. It’s coming up on our 34th Wedding Anniversary! Well, not exactly. Sad to say, my beloved Max passed away last year after a major stroke that shattered his brain (but not our marriage). So, though we would be married 34 years on April 12, 2026 if Max were alive, we were […]

by Dr. Susan Block. Holidays whip up sweet and spicy memories of Captain Max that I stir into a new Spring casserole of vintage photos. Like onions, some make me cry, but most are tasty enough to make me smile and occasionally even lick my lips. I call it “collage therapy” and, like good holy-dazed […]

by Dr. Susan Block. Chag Sameach Purim and Erin Go Bragh. The Irish/Jewish convergence of Purim and St. Patrick’s Day – with pro-bonobo and Free Palestine touches – comes together in one lucky Max Collage, as I continue to try to process my deep grief for my beloved husband, Maximillian Lobkowicz di Filangieri (11/8/1943 – […]

  by Dr. Susan Block If you’re too busy or overwhelmed by life or AI to listen to my sixth annual State of the Sexual Union address (2026), delivered live 2/14/2026 on Active Radio hosted by Hartley Pleshaw on WCAP-AM 980 – now available for your aural edification – here’s my single-word 2026 prescription for our very sickened society: Therapy. We need […]

Announcer 980 WCAP serving the Merrimack Valley. Hartley Pleshaw I am Hartley Pleshaw. This is Active Radio and has been the honored custom on this program for several years now. I am most happy to be joined once again for her annual visit, bringing to us all her philosophy of sexual sanity of bonoboism. And […]

by Dr. Susan Block. Valentine’s Day is on its way, the shopping sites flashing rosy red hearts, but I’ve got the Valentine blues… how about you? It’s my first V-Day in over three decades without my beloved Captain Max (RIP Max 11/8/1943 – 5/13/2025), aka Pr. Maximillian R. Leblovic Lobkowicz di Filangieri, aka Mickey, my […]

by Dr. Susan Block. Happy New Year, Brothers and Sisters, Lovers and Sinners… though frankly, I’m not too happy about it. Old 2024 may have been an Annus Horribilis, but 2025 marked The End. Finis for me. That is, on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, my beloved husband of 33 years, publisher, producer, muse, witness, sweetheart, […]

  by Dr. Susan Block. You could say I have a collage fetish. Like a sexual or sacred fetish object that both soothes and stimulates the fetishist, I find that making collages both soothes my grief for Max and stimulates my memories of our wild and beautiful life together. Making collages is also my way of […]