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On the west coast…
I remember so many years, living in California, when I felt out of the loop because I was three hours behind my east coast friends, and eight hours behind my England folks, and immediate communication was not in the books. Living on the east coast, I am usually between the time zones, meaning I can…
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Memories of past lives
I’ve been wandering around Palo Alto the past few days, seeking out my old haunts. And, seeking out my former residences. I had tallied 27 unique addresses that I had lived in for a minimum of 3 months, by the time I left home for college at the age of 17.
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The importance of community
I don’t think of myself as the most social of people. I have difficulty dealing with crowds of people I don’t know. I hate showing up at a party where I don’t know anyone, and trying to get into conversation with people. When I do end up at big crowded parties, I am most comfortable…
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Things find their way home
I don’t know about you, but in every house/apt I’ve lived in, I don’t immediately know how to organize my stuff in the space. I find that I initially put something somewhere, or locate a piece of furniture in a certain spot that seems obvious, and later, I find that it doesn’t work, and I…
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Music is love… Music is life
I think I’ve written about this before, but it recently became very present for me again when I was listening to streaming music, and the song “Music is love”, by David Crosby, came on. The version inserted here is Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young:
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Getting healthy
A lot of people who know me – actually, just about everyone – has commented on my weight recently. I lost 30 lbs, thanks to my health coach, Robin Katcoff, and Take Shape for Life.
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Google Earth
Fairly recently, I loaded a live wallpaper app on my Pixel XL phone, because it was linked to the cool case I got. Mine is the one on the far left. The cool thing is that when you attach the phone into the case, it offers you the option of setting your wallpaper (phone screen…
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Through Narrow Straits
With Easter and Passover overlapping this year, the different images of each holiday are in striking contrast in my mind. I enjoyed sharing Easter dinner with my sister’s family, hosted by her mother-in-law, who I hadn’t seen in many years. I picked up my mother to bring her to the dinner party, and on the…
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Moved in, now to get settled
I loaded up my little Chevy Volt with the last remaining scraps in my old apartment, and drive them to work, since, like an idiot, I didn’t take more than one day off to move (last Friday), so I’ve been fitting in loading and unloading around my work day. I seriously underestimated how much stuff…
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Go on! Go on!
This week will be the last of my first year of being on my own, and I’m being reminded of that anniversary in numerous ways – including my yearlong subscription to this daily dose of Rumi (with the running question of whether the translations are faithful). I signed up for this because of the Omer Project…
