Waiting For Summer To End
In California, September is the cruelest month In other regions of the U.S, September brings tantalizing hints of fall I see it in the tweets and Facebook posts from people in Continue Reading →
Category: Life, the Universe, and Everything
My Invisible Shield
White privilege was invisible to me. Until it wasn’t. How do you know you’re white? This is a question the Executive Director of the Center for Social Justice at U.C. Continue Reading →
Smoke Gets In My Head
Fire season is melting my brain As a native Californian, wildfire season should be no surprise I’ve lived here for most of my life. I raised my kids in the foothills Continue Reading →
In Which I Attempt Classical Japanese Poetry
Tanka a lot, August I am no poet, and I know it But I admire poetry a whole lot (though if I didn’t, I’d never admit it — what kind of person doesn’t Continue Reading →
Times Are Dark, So Lighten Up
We won’t get through this if we lose all our joy I’m not trying to be funny here Seriously. What I’m after is a sober-sided defense of levity. After taking an afternoon Continue Reading →