Dayenu
The other morning: If I had eaten delicious fresh avocado with breakfast but hadn't seen flowers, it would have been...
Archive for Favorite Things
Zeppelin highlights
For my birthday, as I noted at the time, a bunch of friends got me a zeppelin ride, and the...
Great harmonies and catchy melodies
I just put together my first iMix. One of my favorite musical trios--Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein, and Michael Cicone--does gorgeous...
For lands afar and mine
Way back in early 2003, I wrote about hearing the Indigo Girls perform "Finlandia" with Joan Baez at a concert...
Stuff I like in fiction
Lengthy notes on stuff I like in fiction.
The Wheel of Death, and other amazements
I just noticed that it's been over ten years that I've been meaning (but failing) to see Cirque du Soleil....
Folk music and leaky eyes
My reactions to John McCutcheon's annual Santa Cruz concerts have been mixed; sometimes I've loved them, sometimes they haven't done...
Flying
I went on an offsite this evening with co-workers: "indoor skydiving," a.k.a. a vertical wind tunnel, at iFly over in...
Tigana
Just finished reading Tigana. Wow. A really gorgeous book, compelling and moving and lovely, easy to read but richly layered,...
Busy
And another weekend flies by, just like that. I have lots of things to post, but keep not having time...
Flame in motion
I've been remiss in posting about local events worth attending lately. It's almost certainly too late to do any good,...
Grammarian
I got a few birthday presents and some nice phone calls and emails and journal comments; thank you all! I...