Cover art for a mixed CD This weekend is all about celebrations. My friends Seth & Stella are renewing wedding vows made last fall, my grandma turns 88 years old and Rama and I look back with gratitude and awe at our first year together. There will be lots of cake and ice cream, hugs […]

Why is it that I choose to spend days, weeks and, sometimes, months procrastinating something that only takes 5 minutes to actually do? Yesterday morning, I brought some winter things to the garage. I’d boxed them up a few weeks ago but hadn’t had the time — or made the time — to store them […]

There are so many beautiful pockets in Los Angeles that, if you’re not careful, can go undiscovered. Last night, I visited Little Ethiopia, which is somewhere around the middle of the sprawling metropolis. It’s only 6+ miles from my house, but I rarely visit it. I get too caught up in my own little world. […]

If I could, I’d take you each by hand and lead you into a quiet clearing under a ceiling of tree branches so we could talk. There are a lot of things I want to say, but I find it hard to say them lately. I feel secretive and silent and a little bit scared. […]

They say follow your heart, but what if you can’t hear it speaking to you? Maybe it doesn’t speak English or the cat got its tongue. Maybe it’s taking a nap or it went away on vacation. Maybe it is so in love — too in love — with everything all at once that it […]

Give me 5 minutes, and I’ll stalk your site. Here are the people, places and things that lately have a hold on my heart (in no apparent order): * Rosie Thomas * Jen Gray * Boy Girl Party * Mary Oliver * Superhero Designs * Loobylu * American Elf * The Onion * Daniele Young […]

Bake Sales for Kerry: Yum. Be kind to your country and your stomach. This Saturday, find a bake sale in a neighborhood near you and pick up a brownie or two.

The trees in my backyard are in full bloom. “All my life — so far — I have loved best how the flowers rise and open, how the pink lungs of their bodies enter the fore of the world and stand there shining and willing…” –Mary Oliver

I don’t want more hours in the day or more days in the week. I just want to slow time down. I want hours to pass like weeks and months to pass like years. I want enough time to do all the things I want to do, without feeling like I’m letting something else suffer. […]

I always make a fool of myself, so today really is not much different than any other day. For my parents, however, today is a date to remember. It’s their wedding anniversary. They’ve been married 38 37 years. I applaud my parents, who not only have built a beautiful together but have also had to […]