Every time I leave my family and fly solo for either business or pleasure, I think to myself at least once, this is how I go. The Buddhists say contemplating your own death on a …
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this is how I go
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how to make the fire about yourself
My new neighbor is outside her house sweeping up ash, she stops me to tell me they almost bought a house in Atladena. They were deciding between that one and the one next to us, …
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your hope
To anyone who’s feeling self conscious today about the hope you felt leading up to yesterday: Don’t. You’re not dumb, you’re brave. Hope is a choice, and it’s an act of courage. Believing that things …
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The Harvest
Hiding in the back of the theater, chewing on my hair, hunched over to protect my heart, I feel like a farmer waiting to see what her crops will yield. When something doesn’t land quite …
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sometimes me
A friend sent Joe and Bob this book and I’m ashamed to admit that I didn’t think Joe would be into it, given that there’s no cars inside, but look, don’t but your kids in …
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what is thunder
It started storming here this morning around 4 AM, which happens in LA about, once a year? I stayed awake, worrying that the thunder would wake Joe up. I laid there planning out how I’d …
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Tuesday at 2 AM
I don’t fully understand how to read or interpret my blog metrics / views, either two thousand of you or thirteen of you read it it a day? And I’d actually rather not fully understand, …
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don’t shoot
Bless the people who get up in arms, all puns intended, about things that don’t directly affect them, they are better humans than me, but I tend to really get angry and concerned about something …
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Earthquake Glasses
If you live in LA, don’t have perfect vision, and don’t want to pay someone 5K to slice into your eyeballs, you actually need THREE pairs of glasses: one to wear when you take your …
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opt in, opt out
This blog is certainly not the place for hard hitting Pandemic news or reliable Data, but what I do have, what I ALWAYS do have, are feelings. Today, I saw this tweet and am reflecting …