When Life Hands You Lemons (Wine Country Version)
For anyone reading this who lives in a region beset by actual wintertime, I ask your forgiveness. Here in Napa Valley, we can tell it’s winter because the vines are bare Continue Reading →
This Is a Civil Emergency
If you’ve paid even the most casual attention to the news this week, you’re aware that the tension in the US is reaching a pitch. With the federal government hamstrung Continue Reading →
When Did My Nose Decide It Hates Me?
Actually, I know when it started. I began my long-anticipated winter break, one of the primo perks of a job in education, on December 19. On December 20, my nose Continue Reading →
A New Year’s Invitation I’ll Decline
Out with the old, in with the new. And you know what has gotten really, really old in the past year or two or three? Division. And I don’t mean Continue Reading →
Christmas Present
Maybe you celebrate Christmas. Maybe you observe Chanukah, or Kwanzaa, or Omisoka or a pre-Christian festival like Yule. Or maybe none of the sectarian holidays resonate with you, so you simply Continue Reading →