Project Green Thumbs, Season II: Failure
After the stunning success of the first-ever Project Green Thumbs in 2009, I am chagrined but not surprised by the pathetic crops …
Thursday 13: Life Snapshot
For lack of other inspiration, this belated Thursday 13 is a current snapshot of life. Enjoy! 1. Recent photos: Me, Marm and …
North Highlands in the New Yorker
Another I-heart-my-sister note… Yesterday B emailed me a little blurb about her band FROM THE NEW YORKER. How freaking COOL is that? …
It’s all a matter of perspective
Pictures like this (from here) make my brain hurt! In my Relational Leadership class, my students and I discussed perspective today. Visual, …
When life gives you pears, make crisp!
My dear friend Shannon of Mille Feuille Photography and all things fabulous, visited this weekend for the 13th annual Sacramento Art Festival. …
Thursday 13: Battling stress
Thump, thump…THUMP…………..Thump……….thump, thump…THUMP………….thump………thump, thump. That would be what my stress sounded like during the months I finished up my master’s thesis. After …
Restaurant quality green chicken enchiladas (with minimal effort!)
Enchiladas are my favorite Mexican specialty! (Photo credit) I am perpetually in pursuit of good enchiladas. By good I mean flavorful, unmushy …
Feeling “in” my body
Every so often I hit one of those “aha” moments in school… the hour or two, the seminar, the conversation that makes …
Of marquees and memories
On my bathroom sink, I keep this picture: It’s me and my sis at Fairytale Town, a favorite childhood haunt. B is …
Thursday 13: Living and loving long distance
Yesterday I made two new BFFs: The flu shot ladies at Walmart. Walley World is next door to my gym and since …