On Figuring out Where to Look for Stuff

Old and Chipped. A Brand New MugI am a maladroit shopper. I don’t experience the thrill of the hunt; cunning store displays don’t woo me. So I wasn’t surprised when I had trouble finding a suitable replacement for my big blue-and-white sailboat coffee mug, the one I use at work. I looked and looked, but […]


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I Do: The Project

Mudding over the Drywall Tape. Imagining Something Better It’s early on Saturday, the morning just stirring under its blanket of darkness. I’m writing at my desk, upstairs, when I hear it: The whining buzz of a power tool slices through the stillness.  I leave my keyboard and coffee, race downstairs, into the garage. “Rich! It’s […]


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I Do: The Project

Mudding over the Drywall Tape. Imagining Something Better It’s early on Saturday, the morning just stirring under its blanket of darkness. I’m writing at my desk, upstairs, when I hear it: The whining buzz of a power tool slices through the stillness.  I leave my keyboard and coffee, race downstairs, into the garage. “Rich! It’s […]


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I’m Coming Out Today

Grandpa’s Desk. Bookcase by Dad. Both Renewed by Rich. Letting a Book HappenWe’re doing things a little differently around our house these days. Over the holidays, Rich repainted our bedroom to obliterate the color that I’d selected a few years ago. I believe its name was “Wrong Green.” Don’t paint your bedroom Wrong Green. You’ll […]


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Patience, Grasshopper

Green Grasshopper The Incredible Sweetness of Being, Part Three I’m up and away from my desk, waiting as my husband installs a bookcase that he’s renewed with care for my use. Wandering onto the front deck. I breathe deeply of the winter air, not-too-chilly in California. I glance at the spent tomato plants, their cages […]


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