The first time I drove up one of San Francisco’s vertiginous hills, I was pretty sure my car wasn’t going to make it. I still remember the street we were driving up when my son, then nearly [...]
I hit a wall last weekend. There had been news reports that perhaps this virus situation could last eighteen months, and I was feeling, frankly, despondent. I spent a day and a half really [...]
Lately I’ve noticed something— that dancing might be the answer to a lot of things. I already danced a lot around my kitchen when I was feeling good. I love nothing more than dancing [...]
The other day I was working out with my trainer over zoom when she said words thathave been stuck in my mind ever since. She was talking about how we often only know whatwe miss in hindsight and [...]
The last few days have been the first sunny ones in Northern California in what feels like months, and I am really enjoying the return of the sunshine. I made a video on Instagram the [...]
It is February— that funny in-between time in the winter when the weather can do all kinds of crazy things. Here in Northern California, it has been raining off and on. It has given me some [...]
I don’t know about you, but I feel like the new year is only getting momentum now, a few weeks into it. I don’t know if it’s the fact that the sun has finally returned to California after a [...]
I’ve been thinking about my intentions for the year, and not writing a mile-long list ofresolutions like I used to in years past. I feel like this is a sign of growth for me, as I think I [...]
This face (and soul) bring me so much joy. ❤️ I remember that when we were looking for a preschool for our beloved girl many years ago, I was nervous going to this one school. It was a wonderful [...]
For the first year ever, I’m not sending out holiday cards this year. I just couldn’t make it happen in time. I had plans to take the “perfect” picture that were foiled a couple times [...]
I tend to be a positive and hopeful person, but I’ll admit that yesterday I was feeling DOWN. There is so much going on in the world right now (and in my home state of California), that it [...]
I finished a piece of work I’m really proud of this week. I’ve been working on it for months, and I think the final product is really good. I have submitted it to my dream [...]