I'm no luddite, but I do enjoy some simple pleasures -- long walks, good books, sidewalk chalk, porch swings, and climbing branches that hang thick and low. Earlier this week, we bought a rubber ball, an impulse purchase we scooped up along with a tomato and some sliced cheese. We spent $4.95 for the ball [...]
I saw an old piano on the street curb the other day and I stopped to say hello. Its warped keys lolled upwards and a broken panel exposed all of its hammers and strings. I averted my eyes from such indignity and focused instead on its proud wooden frame. "I'll bet you could tell some [...]
Highway 10 winds through Los Angeles like a giant metaphor, full of talented people driving forward, eager to arrive, but occasionally, communally stuck. Life follows the flow of traffic there, exhilaratingly swift and easy by turns, then excruciatingly slow and, once in a while, stopped cold. “You are 4.7 miles and 45 minutes from your [...]
Midway through a somewhat miserable day, I scrolled through my Facebook newsfeed and saw this: My heart swelled. Jovie is a sweet little toddler who gets cuter every day. David is her father and Jessica, who posted this, is her mom. Sometimes, we find love in the unlikeliest places. Tuesday, I found it on my [...]
Although Molly B's name is no longer part of this blog, her presence definitely is. It wafts up the stairs of our house trailing delicious smells from the oven. It rests lightly on a new cutting board, patiently cooling while we stand near, forks at the ready, drooling. Molly has been home on winter break [...]
