Guest post by Kathy Frey In my life formerly known as urban (Pittsburgh, Boston and Chicago to be specific), cushion time wasn’t something that entered my consciousness–it was an innate component of unpredictable public transportation. I built commuting time into my day so I could arrive to work on time whether trains were fast or […]
Within a couple of years of moving to Nevada City in 2004, I had cleared the prickly holly bush and a volunteer liquid amber sapling from a bed in my front yard. Envious of my neighbor’s beautiful front yard vegetable gardens, I made mental notes of what I’d plant in mine. Tomatoes and eggplant were […]
Last week sucked—it was straight up emotionally rough. My August housing fell through after I’d completely packed up from the last place. Then, my bikes fell off my car. Two of them. On the highway. At 65 miles an hour. Now, I’m staying with my sister’s family in Los Altos. Talking with my bro-in-law yesterday […]
In my drive from Seattle back to home base in California, I listened to Tripp Lanier’s interview with Tony Schwartz on Tripp’s New Man podcast. (Me? No, I’m not a “New Man”.) The following video (shot at some random exit off of Highway 5) was inspired by that conversation. Before the video, I wanted to […]
