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And off he goes. 7 Aug 2012 | 12:10 am
First day of Kindergarten. He's feeling quite reserved. Shy, really. And just like that the journey begins. Be good to my baby, world. Finn, do good for our world. I love you so, Mama
The no-bucket-list summer (so far.) 1 Jul 2012 | 11:27 am
I have mentioned how this summer was to be the summer of no plans, no lists, a couple camps, more aimless afternoons, more spontaneous fun, possibly more boredom. It's only been two-and-a-half weeks a...
I feel bad about Nora Ephron. 27 Jun 2012 | 09:20 am
I should of known something was amiss today, the day that Nora died at 71 of leukemia, something she didn't have the decency to call and tell me - a total stranger - she was suffering from, but still:...
Fatherless on Father's Day. 6 Jun 2012 | 02:09 am
The emails keep flooding my in-box, like unwelcome postcards from a faraway land, the land where everyone has a father who is alive, who golfs on weekends and wears cufflinks still. Celebrate the man...
Oliver. 16 Apr 2012 | 03:35 am
There are things you don't write about, things I don't write about. They are too searing. Too real. Too painful. The loss of Oliver was going to be one of those things. Our dear friends Rachel and D...
Small, simple treasure. Circa 1914. 28 Mar 2012 | 07:15 am
I just love old things. Particularly lovely old things. Right after I left the despair that is Walmart, I stumbled into a craft fair and onto this postcard dated 1/24/1914: On the front, it reads: ...
Déjà vu. 15 Jan 2012 | 06:08 am
I am nine years old and sick. My mom is holding a cold washcloth to my head and I am holding her in my sight like she is the shore and I am at sea, a nasty, turbulent one that is trying to take me int...
Springing though January. 8 Jan 2012 | 03:20 pm
It's in the 60's here in Northern California right now and it feels like we're getting away with something. It's days like this when I can see them aging in front of me, feel the time flying by under...
Go with your strength. 5 Jan 2012 | 11:10 am
From a letter my Dad wrote to me when I was 23 and afraid, wondering where my future would lead - how I would make a difference in the world. His words, as always, inspired me, reassured me, challenge...
A bag of memories. 2 Jan 2012 | 07:28 am
After my Dad took his life, there were a few mementos that really brought him back for me: his letters, his green fleece sweatshirt and his leather work bag: What I clung to a decade ago when it happ...
