I have a variety of connections on Facebook. Some of them are people I talk to outside of Facebook; many are not. Over time, I’ve seen photos of friends with a partner who is not their spouse. After some trolling of photos, I deduce that they got divorced at some point and this is someone … Read more
About this series I have been a tea lover for a long time. Sometimes, I stick with a plain cup of black tea (whether hot or iced). Sometimes, I wander around, looking for my next favorite flavor. In my wanderings, I came across teas from Loose Leaf Tea Market, a tea shop in Phoenix. I’ve … Read more
Sometimes, while doing the most mundane things, an entire series of events—starting at the mundane thing and ending somewhere else—pops into my head. Like this one. As a kid, I never learned how to floss. Probably my dentist Dr. Silver taught me, along with some dollops of shame about my general oral hygiene habits. He … Read more
Since it’s been nice out, we’ve been eating on the back patio. “Nice out” is relative. We have curtains hanging on the west side of the patio to block the late afternoon sun. This time of year, it’s hot in the sun and pleasant in the shade. When it’s a dry heat, the shade makes … Read more
Walking through ASU’s basketball stadium, following the floor dots and sandwich boards on my way to get my second COVID shot, I was a little overwhelmed. Part of it is our good fortune in medicine. I don’t think vaccines are 100% good, safe, effective, or administered on an appropriate schedule, but with a virus that’s … Read more
(Just a heads up: this post contains affiliate links, as well as the background behind how I came to use them. Because I’ve historically not been an affiliate kind of gal.) When I was in seventh grade, my basketball coach told the team that drinking soda during the season was bad for our game. I … Read more
The mornings here lately have been cool and lovely. Anyone who has lived here for a year or more knows to appreciate these mornings, as they will quickly be a distant memory. I went out on the back patio and took the Nikon. The birds chatter endlessly out there—not complaining!—and I figured if I sat … Read more
It doesn’t feel right to prattle on about the usual things today. The problem of gun violence is overwhelming. The problem of black people murdered by police is overwhelming. The problem of racism is overwhelming. There are solutions or partial solutions to these, and we rationalize our way around them. How do we connect when … Read more
“Hey, you got a card from someone,” The Climbing Daddy said one day last week when he brought in the mail. There wasn’t an occasion or anything attached to it—just a card that said, in sum, “I’m glad our paths crossed” from a relatively new friend. It was lovely. It made my day. I have … Read more
Just a walk around the neighborhood. And gratitude for lacking seasonal allergies. Hummingbird! One day, I’m going to capture one in action. For now, I’m happy to have captured one at all…