Category: Audio

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Goin’ Down the Road

Much activity since my last big post in March: house-hunting all around northern California, kitchen counters installed (complete with defective sink that spits boiling water droplets back into one’s face), nerve ablations in my twisty spine, massive deaccessioning of long-loved belongings, a garage sale, pottery classes, yet more hours in the dentist’s and periodontist’s chairs, elementary school field trips, the sudden demise of my two-year-old icebox and also of both toilets, and the puzzling together […]

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An Unknown Flower

A while ago I told Ember, “I’d do anything for you.” No reply. It seemed like she didn’t hear me. Fast-forward to this week. A master of prolonging bedtime, she draws on techniques like engaging me with interesting questions she knows I can’t help but answer, or requesting things that seem suddenly essential. A few nights ago after I’d gotten her all tucked in, she asked for a back rub. I declined, on account of […]

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My, How Time Gallops!

Where have the days and months gone, as this country and too many others descend into increasing violence, deceit and oppression. On the home front, life with Ember continues to be both joyful and challenging. I’m as thrilled as ever that she’s here with me, and gratified she’s getting caught up academically and socially. As I’ve said, she’s resilient and adaptable, mostly happy and always bouncy. The hardest part is dealing with homework, but the […]

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All the Way to Jackson

Thursday, November 18 The view out my front window first thing this morning: How inconsiderate, entitled and/or clueless, and it happens constantly. I know, I know: what do I expect when I live in a city? And what’s the big deal anyway? Who cares? Well, I do. I’ve encountered three types of parking violator in my driveway: Those who nose into it just enough so I can barely see past them when backing out into […]

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