Howl of the Full Moon
The first emotion I had felt when I saw him was not lust, but fear. Stark, cold, going to die fear. Moments before I had seen him, I had heard him growling in the [...]
Missed Approach
There I was in a little Cessna 172, buzzing along at 110 knots across Arizona with one of my fellow CFIs and dear friends on a beautiful sunny day in April. I was more [...]
Meeting Them
She gave me a recipe for beans and rice after my boyfriend and I had a delightful diner in her home. Her boyfriends and mine both worked in baseball. She had a beautiful face [...]
Beach Walk
I can see myself getting up from a small campfire and walking away from it across the dunes to the beach. When I go over the last big hill and down to the shore, [...]
Extreme Makeover
It’s almost New Year’s Resolution time, and in that vein, I know a lot of you will be planning a personality makeover. 2019 has shown that things weren’t ideal, right? So here goes: [...]
Holiday Art Imitates Life
Ah, that crisp snap in the air. The changing of the seasons (in other cities, not where my home in LA is of course) can only mean one thing: the holidays are upon us. [...]
Holiday Letter to Those Who Call Me Arrogant
Well, here it is, holiday season again, and I’m so, so remiss in getting out those cards. It’s hardly December and I’ve already received cards in 4 digit numbers (just an estimate), and I [...]
Teachers Aid
Some teachers enter our lives for just a moment; others create bonds for years. The best, though, leave marks forever. When I was a high school senior, my biology teacher introduced me to genealogical [...]
The Truth Doesn’t Hurt
When I was little, I used to go next door to my friend Christine’s house first thing in the mornings, on weekends, to ask her to play. Her mom was always pulling fresh orange-icing [...]
Break-Ups are the Rule
The companionship business is known for inevitable break-ups. To honor the spirit and bonds formed by cupid’s arrows in my world, I think it’s important to explore the idea of what happens when things [...]
A Soft Spot For Him and Myself
When I was growing up I longed for my father to be like my best friend’s dad, who was warm and affectionate and grilled outdoors (this somehow made him seem more sophisticated—go figure). While [...]
Turns
When I got to grad school in 2001, I started downloading music from Napster. My friends at the campus radio station got me interested in obscure 70s rock and in 3 years of downloading, [...]
