I’m participating in a Generation Fabulous bloghop. Our topic for today is “Summer Songs.” Favorite, most memorable, whatever makes it feel like summer every time you hear it. I knew right away which song I would choose. Out of curiosity, I checked to see when the song first came out.Why was I so shocked to… Continue Reading
Are we destined to become Glassholes?
I felt inspired to write something about an exhibit I saw at the very wonderful Oakland Museum of California recently. In a little, low tech mock-up garage within the California History gallery, I discovered an homage to the innovators of Silicon Valley: photos of the HP garage, the Steve Jobs garage, the first big tech… Continue Reading
Clueless in Seattle
To be fair, the inquisitive young woman from New Zealand sitting next to me at the A’s vs Mariners game at Safeco Field in Seattle had never been to a baseball game before. Naturally, there was a lot of stuff she didn’t know—like which stadium she should go to in order to watch a game.… Continue Reading… Continue Reading
Three new reads: For empty nesters, college grads, or seekers of grace
I think it’s time to shine a light on some of my writer friends! It’s been quite a productive few weeks for these talented writers. So I’d like to brag a little on their behalf and share the fruits of their efforts. Each book has a broad appeal: college graduates, young adults, parents, empty nesters–… Continue Reading
Being My Father’s Daughter
My dad was a teacher, and like many outstanding teachers, he never took time off from teaching. Sure, there were vacations and summers, but he was always on the job. If no students were around, he always had my sister and me. I put together some of his most important lessons, which I called “Sam… Continue Reading
Gradual School, Revisited
It’s that time of year again…graduation season. Been there, done that.Wrote about it too, here and here.This is a recap for the GenFab website. I had raced through my UC Berkeley undergraduate program at lightning speed—taking a mere nineyears to earn my bachelor’s degree. By the time I collected that hard-won diploma, I was married,… Continue Reading
Uplifting Lessons from Mom
Probably the most important lesson I learned from my mother took place in a fitting room in Macy’s lingerie department. She believed in my having the proper support from the very beginning. Once we started to develop, my sister and I got whisked off downtown to Macy’s. When it was my turn, my mother and… Continue Reading
The Call of the Void
In a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, Chris Allbritton puts a name to the feeling that I’ve had more and more frequently when I’m up high and looking down: l’appel du vide, or the call of the void. He describes it this way: “It’s an urge, when you reach the edge of a high… Continue Reading
Great balls of…?
…no, not fire this time. Yarn. (This is an updated version of an earlier post) Not me, or Marsha I’ve been knitting since my friend Marsha taught me how back in high school. Which means a lot of knits and purls and dropped stitches over the years. All the sweaters I’d ever made over … Continue Reading
Memories of Dad
A tribute to my father Sharing a laugh on Father’s Day My dad always told me I was a writer. He said this with admiration, I think. He encouraged me to write and would often help me when I got stuck. When I was taking an upper division English class as a freshman at Cal, he… Continue Reading