[A tiny bit of sun and summer in Sonoma County, July 2010.] It’s pretty boring to complain about the weather, I know, especially since it could be so much worse. But the weather lately — and by ‘lately’ I mean since the beginning of July — in San Francisco has been awful: cold, damp, grey [...]
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On this Tuesday-that-feels-like-a Monday, I woke up before 6 a.m. — and a full 10 minutes before my alarm was set to go off (at 5:40 a.m., if you must know). Routed from strange dreams and already anticipating my first cup of coffee, I stayed in bed for those extra few minutes feeling the cool [...]
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My brother has become adept over the years at introducing me to vegetables I’ve ignored — or rather, overlooked. I don’t have a particular aversion to these, mind, it’s just that maybe I gravitate toward the stuff I know for sure I like (for example: spinach — it’s a rare meal of mine that doesn’t [...]
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[From the boat, April 2010.] Life can be so very good to me. There was last weekend’s string of quiet sunny days, punctuated with delicious food and new dogs met and exclaimed over in the park, [Oh! And I didn't even tell you about the impromptu luncheon I had with my coworker on a Thursday [...]
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When I was a kid growing up in Sonoma County I had neighborhood friends — lucky me, they were girls near my own age — I’d meet up with for dog-playing and creek-exploring and all else. I can’t remember if we used to call each other; we were so young then so maybe we just [...]
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