Dear Travel Slob
Not to sound like your mother, but really? Is that what you're wearing on your trip to Europe? Yes, I'm talking to you, young lady in those low-riding, sparkly-derriered jeans and tube top. It's a [...]
I Lied Four Times This Week. This is Remarkable Because I Don’t Lie
No one could be like you and no one could be exactly like me, but you may also be on the same journey as me. Unlike me, you may be a man. Maybe you fit [...]
Spring Awakening
Just below the surface of great change, discover roots planted in steady awareness. Spring announces itself with pageantry: the barren ground erupts into a sea of yellow daffodils, and cherry trees ....
Leave Me Alone, I’m Hungry!
There's a horrible growl in my stomach, but that I can ignore. I can tell myself that I'm not hungry, that it isn't time to eat, that I've consumed enough calories for the day to [...]
Your Dreams and Visions
Do you have a dream? What is it? Or have you forgotten it along the way? Without a dream there is no hope of joy of accomplishment. Without hope there is despair. When living in [...]
Wrappers Delight?
Someone bringing a bag of chocolates to work is one of those universal office-culture moments of joy. The presence of free little niblets of cocoa-based delight suddenly makes meetings a little less ...
The Curious Case of Waxy Face
Can you be too perfect? Aesthetic procedures are quickly approaching 'perfect storm' conditions in my city. She can be spotted perusing the aisles at Barney's, in downward dog at yoga class, and at ..
Luxury is Big Business
Whether we like it or not, most of us are influenced by the messaging behind luxury brands and some, if not all, of us have found ourselves reflecting on the concept of purchasing-abstinence lately. ...
Tradition
I find nostalgia seductive, even if it can be a liar. I see snow and I think about making snow angels on Northern California hills. I smell pine, the real pine boughs of trees and [...]
Over the River
Stumbling through a dark, red and black tunnel, I saw a man in silhouette at the other end. In the dim light, I made out a long oar in his hand. He was standing in [...]
A Sibling Speaks
My sister first greeted me by telling my mother to "return me to the hospital." She had flourished in undiluted attention for 27 months before encountering an existential threat: me. Summoned to my....
99 Problems
These so-called listicles are everywhere. The format may have started as a way for magazines to write thematic articles in a simple, digestible form, but it's become a beast all its own, inundating t....
