I arrived back home Sept 19 to a whirlwind of activity: trying to find a new housemate by October 1, unpacking, cleaning, major yard work, seeing some old friends, and […]

Last night I was lulled to sleep by the rain. I usually can’t sleep without earplugs. Hearing rain rather than traffic reawakened my childhood desire to live closer to nature. […]

I bought my 2008 Mazda 3 new. It was special. My first new car. Its name suggested itself when I went to the dealer to buy Mica Black touch up […]

Full of self recrimination and guilt, I look at your tiny carcass, moved by your small soft ears, paws fragile and clasped as if in prayer, soft gray fur. I […]

In 1993, I made the acquaintance of a vivacious, bubbly young woman barely 20 years old.  Gina had already lived several lives.  She had been forced to give up her […]

I met George Gooding in 1997 just after starting my new career on the Inside Mac team at Apple.  It was a big stretch for me.  I’d never worked on […]

Some weeks ago I confided in my acupuncturist about the deep grief and loneliness I’d been trying not to feel of late.   My usual pattern is to stay so […]

When I arrived back from Europe on October 24, I was exhausted and sleep-deprived.  But I’m pretty compulsive about cleaning when I first get back from a long trip, and […]

I was asked recently at a grief counseling session whether my missing people who have died might be tied to other events in my life.  Thinking aloud, I mused that […]

I always return from my travels wanting to make my home life more like my travels.  To integrate habits like giving myself time to read, explore unknown urban and wild […]

A few weeks ago I went back to Potomac Maryland to pay my respects to my uncle Bob Cook who had passed away this summer. It was my first visit to […]

Last night a friend said that Republicans are Democrats who have been robbed and that Democrats are Republicans who have been imprisoned.  I woke this morning remembering a time 4 years […]

Last week I rescued three worms that I found while walking a well-trodden trail at Rancho San Antonio.  I placed them gingerly to the side, urging them to find sanctuary.  One had […]

My father was born in Poland in 1932.  He was only 7 when Germans invaded Poland, occupying the house his childhood home in Bielsko Biala.  The family were forced to […]

The last few months have been marked with the loss of very dear teachers, family, and friends.  So many have passed recently that I compiled a list of fallen friends […]