Miscellaneous

This past week was our state holiday. We celebrate with an early morning marathon through high mountain passes, a good old fashion parade, rodeos, and fireworks… replaced this year by a laser show in deference to the fact that we are a desert in the middle of fire season in the middle of a deep drought.But change…

I said goodbye to my cast this week. I’m grateful that great doctors and modern science helped my broken trapezium (you might have to look that one up, I know I did!) to heal properly.​That being said, I still have to admit I was beyond excited to get rid of the thing. It was heavy…

I have Tourette syndrome (TS) and I know what it is like to be different and to have people stare at you and to be self-conscious. I also know that it is possible to live with differences and how to survive and move forward when rude people stare and whisper to the person next to…

What’s in that pool? Behind that rock? Under that bit of seaweed? We like to poke along the shore, peering into the water, watching for movement, finding the glimmer. Can you see the octopus? This was an exciting super low tide day, revealing a world not usually in view, but even ordinary days hold treasures…

In early 1967, I was living in Taranto, Italy. I met a man from Nice, France with whom I became friends and roommates for approximately six months. We lost contact, and I didn’t see him again until 2014 when I discovered we were living in the same city.When we reconnected, I learned that he was…

When I was 10 we moved to Berkeley. I was not a big fan of leaving our home on the beach in southern California for the misty fogs and steep hills  up north.But there was one glorious compensation. I had my own room! And it had a marvelous walk in closet with a steep A…