Suprise Me

He would hold the instrument behind his back in his left hand, the bow behind his back in the right, and play. Once he had your attention, he would proceed to lie down on the living room carpet and continue, with no loss of rhythm or resonance Read More

The room froze, and I immediately realized that I'd said something that was taken in a way I didn't mean. Read More

Don't agonize... Organize! — Mother Jones Read More

When I was about 10 years old a friend, Dougie, the neighborhood troublemaker, dared me to smoke a cigarette. Read More

I do love me my shoes. When I was a little kid we went to a shoe store that featured an x-ray machine that you could stick your feet inside and radiate the hell out of them. It made your bones glow. Scary, how little they knew about radiation back then. Despite my fascination with… Read More

Twenty-eight years ago this week, danger came in the form of domestic terrorists striking Oklahoma City. Read More

Outside my bay window I can see a parade of saris, hijabs, turbans, baseball caps, blue jeans, you name it. Read More

Stressed, unhappy parents create stressed, unhappy children. Read More

When I was an adult, I found a little blue booklet with a few pages of notes written by my mother. She had filled in my name, my date of birth, weight, doctor's name, and a list of which shots I was given and when, with a reference to how much and what kind of formula I was fed. End of story. Read More

It’s about something I see somewhere at least once a day. Read More