January 7 was not a good day… for me and many

January 7 was not a good day… for me and many

Four weeks ago at around 4:00 p.m., my health mythology about my ongoing involuntary muscle spasms blew up. A co-occurring disaster, the massive, multiple fires in LA County blew up almost simultaneously. Going forward for me as an individual would never be the same,...
The Promise of a New Calendar

The Promise of a New Calendar

One of my husband’s Christmas gifts to me was a new calendar. He shopped expansively to select the perfect one, with California scenery and large spaces to write our comings, goings, and appointments in 2025. Each year, he has as much fun during the shopping...
Mistakes Made; Mistakes Amended

Mistakes Made; Mistakes Amended

Enjoy this writerly advice from a famous writer. He dispensed the advice on New Year’s Day. “I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing...
Writing New Year Resolutions

Writing New Year Resolutions

Last year was a milder version of ‘the pits’ of 2020. We weren’t as blindsided and terrified as we were in March 2020 when the statewide order to ‘shelter in place’ was fresh. We’d learned that Covid was transmitted via the air we...
New Year’s Resolution, Version 1.0

New Year’s Resolution, Version 1.0

Last year I flew to Indiana twice. One time the air travel was bumpy. The other time it was not. Interestingly, the first trip went smoothly, serenely between the plane there and the plane ride back… Conversely, the second trip’s air miles were smooth,...