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Get Me to the Car Wash
May 13, 2021 I love my car. It’s my safe place. Sue the Blue Subaru has carried me many a mile around the country. She’s from Austin, but we live in California currently. And let me just say—California really suits my girl Sue. She’s a windows down, sunroof open, cruise down the road kind of Read more
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Longboarding and Loss
April 19, 2021 Yesterday would have been my cousin Kole’s 23rd birthday. If only he had made it to his day. If only he had made it to his 21st to have a drink. Or his 18th to leave home. Or his 16th to drive a car. Or even his 15th, because he was so Read more
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Awake for the Earthquake
April 5, 2021 Last night there was an earthquake. A magnitude-4.0 in Inglewood that was enough to wake me. Feeling an earthquake is still a new thing for me. It’s strange. I grew up with tornadoes and floods, but not earthquakes. Here in California, earthquakes are nothing to write home about most of the time. Read more
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Camping in Carpinteria
March 24, 2021 Am I a dreamer or a doer? Is it possible to be both? Because I want to. I’m a full-blown dreamer at heart, but what are dreams if not entry points to action? What are ideas if not doorways to larger living? I’m learning to say yes to action when it lines Read more
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Playing for Personal Pleasure
July 3, 2020 One night a few weeks ago, I sat down at the piano in our apartment and started playing. I wasn’t playing anything in particular. Something just started coming to me. My fingers explored and began to find a sound that I liked. When I was born, my fingers were so long that Read more
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Dirty, Clean Washing Machine
July 1, 2020 My apartment doesn’t have its own washer and dryer in the unit. We share one with the rest of our building. Thankfully, it’s a small building, so it’s usually not too difficult to find a window of time during the week to get laundry done. Of course if I’m having a bad Read more
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