If the stories we tell create our future, why are we choosing to tell these? 

Ever beat yourself up? For years I've been my own worst enemy/best critic. I rip everything I do to shreds. No sooner am I done…

Now that the White House's Pet Mime is in charge of the Coronavirus, I'm not worried at all about travel…

On Monday, I jet off to Vienna for the First stop of my #Chelm2020 world tour.

If you…

I'll be back in Rhode Island for the finale of this season's Spoken Story Saturdays.

Come on down. We're planning on doing some live video. The theme? Homecoming and of course Springtime (It's the Equinox)

Two sets: Family…

I'm pleased to announce that I'm going on my Life in Chelm 2020 World Tour!

EUROPE (and UK)  

• Vienna: March 4, 7:30 PM: The Misadventures in of Rabbi Kibbitz and Mrs. Chaipul - Story Talk and Book…

A new season of Spoken Story Saturdays at the Parlour Pub!

• January 18 - Beginnings 
• February 15 - Sweet…
• March 21 - Springtime!

Two sets: Family fare at 2pm, 14 and up at 3pm

Admission: $10, $5 for students, seniors…

Darkness, Light and the New Year - a pop-up showcase

Come to the Parlour Pub on Saturday, December 21 for the first Spoken Story Saturday.

Two sets: one for families and one for 14 and up

Featured performers include: Mark…

Holiday Book Signing: December  14 

I will be signing copies of THE MISADVENTURES and most of my other books at the FarmFreshRI Winter Farmer's Market in Pawtucket, RI. If you already purchased a copy, bring it and I'll sign it…

A word about Thanksgiving…

Thanksgiving has always been a quintessential American holiday: families gather together and over-eat. Often there is football, and recently pre-game shopping. Occasionally conversation veers toward politics, or flaw-finding in the celebration of a history based on…

The Misadventures of Rabbi Kibbitz and Mrs. Chaipul "Binder, one of Rhode Island’s leading storytellers, is back with a set of gentle tales about an elderly rabbi and the woman who runs the village restaurant and steals his heart."
–Alan …

A brief novel for adults, with no politics, and a lot of smiles. You’ll enjoy reading it, and giving it as a gift. Hardcover, softcover, eBook, audiobook…

“Village stories that deftly lift a curtain on a world of friendly humor…

Get it on Amazon.com for yourself, and your friends, school, shul, church, mosque…
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Also available at some 

(If you want it, but don't want to get it on Amazon, then you can…

BOOK NEWS: For the past year and a quarter, I’ve been working on The Bark Minder Project, a collection of edgy work for adults. As part of that, I created a novel that was initially serialized on Spotify.  Last week…