It’s FIXING the little things in life that matters
For weeks, I stared at the seed packets on my kitchen counter and thought: Yeah, I should plant those before any hope …
#100HappyDays: Above the Fray’s first advisory board meeting
A gathering of greatness on the 22nd floor of the Esquire Building in downtown Sacramento, June 4, 2014. The Above the Fray …
Is shunning make-up the key to gender equity at work?
A few weeks ago, I left the house and headed to Aaron Brothers to claim my insanely overpriced but very pretty custom …
I’m over being an “Ideal Worker”
I’m tired of being a good little worker bee. Free stock image. It occurred to me earlier this week that I have …
Shoulding all over myself
“Do you need to be smashed and tickled?” Mr. T asked. “Yes!” I replied without thinking, although I tried to amend with, …
Grief, accumulated: Thoughts on secondary trauma, writing and resilience
It started with Sean’s suicide last April. And then a few month’s later, Bud’s lost battle with pancreatic cancer. And then John’s …
You can call me Doctor Blue Muse
Post-dissertation defense presentation and discussion, awaiting the verdict. I am so grateful to my dear friends who attended the defense and supported …
Thursday 13: Life in pictures
Hello! In case you wonder, despite being deep inside dissertation land, I am, in fact, alive. Barely, thank you sleep deprivation and …
A grateful heart: Random acts of art
A stranger shared this “random act of art” with me. For Sacramento natives, it is entitled: “Madison + Sunrise Redwoods, rocks, and …
Thursday 13: On my mind
To sum up life lately: “Time is that elusive quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately, it …