Suprise Me

We had no details. Television? None in the house.  Radio?  I can’t recall.  And really, why should it be covered 24/7 in Botswana?  When you read about a disaster on the other side of the world, how many details do you hear?   Internet?  Smartphone? This was 1989.  Read More

Bless the Bread A new year for many of us means a time to take stock,  to make resolutions,  or to once again start that illusive diet.  But for my son Noah it means the rock, jam-band Phish will be on tour at Madison Square Garden once again for several consecutive nights. A few years… Read More

The floor under my feet seemed to drop away, and a roaring began in my head. I must have replayed the message 10 times. Was someone playing a cruel joke? Read More

One morning my parents sat me down and told me that Jocelyn had passed away… that was when I started being serious about playing the piano. Read More

The house being located in Palo Alto, one of the pickiest cities in California, the restoration process was far from relaxed. Read More

Growing up in the Beach Boys days, my idea of the perfect girl hair was a shoulder-length flip.  It might be teased on top, it might have bangs, or a bow, but it had that cute little flip up on the ends that really said, “Beach Girl”.  (A beach girl who obviously never went in… Read More

The routine was: Turn on water and collect in bucket until warm—wet self—turn off water—lather and wash—turn on water to rinse—end!  Read More

"I Have Always Imagined That Paradise Will Be A Kind Of Library" Read More

Orders lifted, may still stay home. Read More

To come out was to announce to the world that one was a mentally ill outlaw. No wonder this was challenging to my parents. Read More