#100HappyDays and 24 Hours of Happy
Image from 24 Hours of Happy. He snoozed his loud alarm twice. Then he flopped over on my stomach. Then he took …
5 things I hated about the movie Gravity
Accurate description of Gravity: A 90 minute anxiety attack. Thank you “Funny or Die” for these alternate title movie posters. I won …
Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: On drugs, emotions, and “corrupted learning”
A couple months ago when Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a heroin overdose, I cried a little. Just like I did when …
Soul restoration: A weekend at Dillon Beach
Rising tide at Dillon Beach Something inside me shifted as we made the final turns through the emerald hills of Tomales. With …
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 …
Flowers and flutterbys in photos: Happy Spring, people!
It’s been a difficult day in a difficult series of weeks and months, but with joy and gratitude I realized a new …
Saying farewell to the Boeing Stearman
1943 Boeing Stearman N2S-5 On an unusually warm February afternoon, I climbed in the big yellow biplane for the last time. I …
Why National Pi Day means so much to me
Breakfast of champions, really. We’re having significant leftovers for dinner. Yes, significant. Two kinds of pie–the beefy guinness-y pot pie variety, and …
Fly Girl in Training: Knocking the rust off
On an extended downwind looking out at downtown Sacramento. I looked at my logbook in horror. No, that can’t be right. Did …
“Heartless, heartless Christmas witch”
For once, an ultimatum worked. I told T: “If the tree doesn’t come down today, I’m going to leave it up all …