Who’s ready for Spring? We are gearing up for a big storm here in California with lots of flood watches and cold temps (I’m supposed to run a half marathon on Sunday and it’s going to be 29 degrees at the start line. I am not built for such temperatures). My daughter has strep (I’m — Read More

I am on a deadline and trying to wrap up work early today, so let’s get right into it! Quote of the week:“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The — Read More

Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? I have “Comfortably Numb” in my head. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then we can just move right along. I’ve been loopy coming out of this ear + sinus infection that I can now add to the list of winter viruses that have rocked — Read More

We made it to February! As a meme on Instagram said, “January was a long year.” It feels like the holidays were three months ago, doesn’t it? February is a short month and then we’ll be heading into Spring. I am excited to leave winter, and its viruses, behind (I have another cold. It’s neverending). — Read More

Well, I succumbed to the stomach virus of last week, but am now healthy again—as I tell my daughter, “the body is amazing!” It’s been a heavy week with so much violence in the news. I am constantly wrestling with how much to shield myself from headlines. It feels like avoiding reality, and maybe it — Read More

Well, I jinxed myself (again) last week by declaring it all quiet on the winter virus front. A plague has descended. I have been spared (so far), but my daughter has been sicker than I’ve ever seen her with this brutal stomach virus. It should pass soon. Here’s hoping for a healthy and happy weekend—for — Read More

Here we are at the end of 2022! It’s been a rough year for me personally and I am ready for January 1. Here’s the last roundup of the year. See you in 2023! Quote of the week:“I know now, after fifty years, that the finding/losing, forgetting/remembering, leaving/returning, never stops. The whole of life is — Read More

Christmas Eve Eve — we’re almost there! I’m wrapping up some work, along with doing some literal wrapping (of gifts), and then going into holiday-break mode (which is more relaxing in my head than it will be in reality). I hope you and yours enjoy the next week, spending it in ways that give you — Read More

I keep thinking of that Counting Crows song “Long December” because this December feels particularly long. Just me? All parents of young children? Everyone? Quote of the week:“We shake with joy, we shake with grief. What a time they have, these two housed as they are in the same body.” –Mary Oliver What I’m reading:Anthropocene — Read More

I know I said last week that I was alarmed that it was December, but now I feel like it should be the end of December. My daughter has seen Santa four times already. I guess this is why they call it the holiday “season.” Okay, let’s get into this week’s roundup! Quote of the — Read More