Category Life & Times
Just what I always wanted, a jury summons for federal court. Once upon a time, I served on a jury. It was truly an enlightening experience and I even made friends! It was also so incredibly maddening that I hope… Continue Reading →
It’s striking how many times in the last year or two I’ve heard some version of “You, too? I thought it was just me!” or “Is <insert literally anything> weird now?” Last week it was, “Has dating changed?” Yes, lol. … Continue Reading →
Always mixed emotions this time of year…happy about cooling temps, sad about shorter days. For now, things are pleasant on the Bay Trail.
Ever watched or read High Fidelity? Until that, I thought I was the only person who created random lists of songs. It’s always satisfying to find out there are others who are the same kind of weird as you! Fun… Continue Reading →
A memory popped up today of this whimsical piece, Dragon Lucky by Hung Yi, welcoming visitors at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco years ago. It’s such a delight! Every angle is amazing, covered with colorful symbols of luck… Continue Reading →
Since 250 is a mess, let’s roll back 50 years and look at my dad’s photos from Disney World’s Bicentennial celebration, America on Parade.
Last year I read a book called The Measure that has stayed on my mind. While not a perfect novel, it does exactly what speculative fiction is meant to — challenge your understanding of yourself and the world, and give… Continue Reading →
The forest was shrinking, but the trees kept voting for the axe. For the axe was clever, and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood, he was one of them.
Way out in the San Pablo Bay is a small harbor that’s home to a restaurant and music venue whimsically called the Sailing Goat. To get here you drive and drive, first through a desolate stretch of abandoned buildings fenced… Continue Reading →
Last weekend I was on my way to the Marin Art & Garden Center to meet friends and even though I’d looked up venue photos and mapped it (more than once)…it didn’t click until I was nearly there that I’d… Continue Reading →
Around me, friends and colleagues are scrambling to reinvent careers in this cratered market. Because my brain turns everything into a pop culture reference, all I hear is a loop of Ross screaming ”PIVOT! PIVOT!”
According to family lore, Great (Great Great) Aunt Josie was the first woman elected to office in Ottawa County, Ohio. But the story of Josie can’t be told without the story of my grandmother, Helen, because we don’t know much… Continue Reading →
Sometimes I fool myself into believing I am resistant to the lifestyle inflation of social media and home renovation shows…unsurprisingly, it seems I’ve given myself too much credit. No matter how pragmatic I try to be, I keep bumping up… Continue Reading →
A friend once quipped that if she were writing a book, we’d be able to identify the villain because they didn’t like Jane Austen. That’s me, the villain! College was the first time I had the unsettling realization that most… Continue Reading →
One of oldest and best friends lives in Vegas and she often invites me to concerts, but as someone who lives under a rock I rarely know who’s on tour. So I gave her the specs: find me a show… Continue Reading →
In the wilds of Reddit, I came across a hypothetical question: If you could go back to when you were 27, would you? They couldn’t have picked a more perfect age for this question — that was the year I… Continue Reading →