My Mother’s Orange Tree
On December 7th, 1941, my mother was at her friend Louise’s house. They were picking the first oranges of the season when Louise’s mother came out to the yard to [...]
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Dec, 2013
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Nov, 2013
Becoming A Novelist (featuring a salute to Nanowrimo)
I took a leave of absence from my teaching gig to write my first novel. At the time I was burnt out on teaching, but at least when I was [...]
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Nov, 2013
In Memoriam
My friend Craig was the vehicle for a tremendous spirit. This spirit always had a tendency to vibrate faster than other spirits on this planet, and one day last week, it [...]
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Oct, 2013
A Prayer for These Times
The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the most beloved stories from the New Testament—not just among Christians, but throughout our western culture. In a nutshell: a man [...]
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Oct, 2013
On Feminism, part 2
Back in the 70s, when we talked about feminism or “women’s liberation,” we talked about very basic issues: equal pay for equal work, equal rights to own property and to [...]
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Oct, 2013
On Feminism
I’m writing this for all the non-feminists out there. Please take a look! My playful suggestion in a recent post that we close all our schools leads me to a [...]
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Sep, 2013
Let’s Do Away With Schools
Years ago, when Sacramento native Dusty Baker was manager of the San Francisco Giants he used to dress up his 3-year-old son Darren in a miniature Giants uniform and let [...]
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Aug, 2013
A Spiritual Master and a Scribe Walk into a Fast Food Restaurant
A few days ago I was in a well-known fast food restaurant chain with my friend Craig. I won’t say which chain it was in order to protect the confidentiality [...]
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Jul, 2013
Good Summer Reads
Marketers would have us believe that summer is the time for books that are light and frothy, suitable for beach or poolside reading. But since I generally didn’t work for [...]
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Jul, 2013
My Favorite Color
My favorite color is green. Specifically blue green, shades of turquoise and aqua. It’s not that I don’t like all the other colors, but I tend to favor green. I [...]