I’m actually sitting here crying. Proposition 8, California’s infamous hate law, has been declared unconstitutional. This means so many good things. First, for me, is that I believe in marriage. Deeply. I think that if two people actually choose to swim upstream against the constant steady running stream of forces that try to rip a [...]
Archive for the tag 'Gratitude'
July 25 2010
Rowan’s Eight — A Lego Birthday
Rowan is very nonchalant about his birthdays. He wanted a cake. Not three cakes like I made his brother, or two like his sister had. Just one. Vanilla, please. Nothing fancy, just cake. He wanted sushi. Just the regular order; he didn’t want, say four whole Lion King rolls to himself. No. Just the usual; [...]
July 13 2010
Missing Charlie
Today is the one year anniversary of the last day I ever saw my friend Charlie. She had the biggest heart of anyone we’ve ever met. As one of our marina compatriots said, “every time you ran into Charlie on the dock, you came away feeling uplifted. She had something good to say about everyone, [...]
July 11 2010
Velveeta of Grief
As the folks who read my other blog know, I’m writing a book about the process of turning your back on the American definition of success, and doing something else entirely. I wrote a bunch of stuff for the book that I’m now editing back out, for one reason or another (like, I was freaking [...]
December 14 2009
What Matters Now
If you manage nothing else today, go get the new eBook from Seth Godin and a ton of other fabulous folks, here. And read it immediately. Print pages out and festoon your tree or menorah or whatever with them. Print copies and give to everyone you meet. Because it rocks. And it Matters Now.
January 15 2009
Riding with Chip
Everyone knows you never pick up hitchhikers. We were driving home from Christmas in Nevada, at my parents’ place. We’d had a white christmas, the boys’ first ever, and ours too. It was cold cold cold, snowy, and perfectly wintry. We’d had a lovely time (which I’ll talk about in another post). And as we [...]
