I’ve lived in California for most of my adult life and feel proud to have traveled widely within its many and varied landscapes. I’ve been to the remote desert Saline Valley to gaze at 10,000-year-old petroglyphs and to Sequoia National Park’s land-that-time-forgot Mineral King to hike into the largest and Read more
As a person who tries to pay constructive attention to policy it’s important to learn to be open to moments of joy in the political space, especially now, during the dark reign of the fundamentally-unfit-human-now-President. So, I wanted to briefly share the joy I felt listening to journalist Derek Thompson’s Read more
A week ago Tuesday, around the same time our nation experienced a moral and fiscal body blow, I experienced an unwanted hiccup on my way to recovery from cancer. The blow was delivered by Vice President J.D. Vance, as he cast his tie-breaking vote for Senate tax and budget reconciliation Read more
I’ve had several reasons for taking a break from prospericity.net over the last few months—three preps at school, wanting to make my novel project a success, not knowing what to say about the chaos and immorality already wrought by the new Trump administration, and, oh yes, a cancer diagnosis. Perhaps Read more
” … New York / Where I am now; which is a logarithm / Of other cities. Our landscape / Is alive with filiations, shuttlings; / Business is carried on by look, gesture / Hearsay …” From “Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” John Ashbery, 1974 In the early 1970s, Read more
It’s become a trend to describe extreme, off-putting positions taken by Republicans as “weird.” Thank you to Democratic Minnesota Governor and now Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Walz, who as you can hear on this podcast got the trend started. I’d like to add “ick” to “weird.” There’s something truly unwholesome Read more
I’ve decided to describe my recent trip to Vancouver, British Columbia in the context of four one-sentence notes I wrote on my phone while I was there. But I also want to make the upfront statement that I loved Vancouver when I last visited there as a teenager, and I Read more
Over the past few months I’ve let go of two practices that allowed me to make regular progress on this blog. One letting go was very conscious—I want to get Love Economy, my first novel, through the difficult birthing process. This hasn’t happened yet, but 2024 is still young! Another Read more
Predictably, I got around to watching Hulu’s The Bear right before it piled up a stack of Emmys. I’m still a season behind, but I want to begin this post by saying that Season 1 Episode 7 is brilliant and unique. You should see it if you haven’t already. No Read more
A “Baker’s Dozen” Reforms for Teaching and Parenting This year my second and youngest child heads to college. 2023 also marks two decades since I moved to Sacramento from New York City, a decision that precipitated, domino-like, a series of other choices that led me from a career focused on Read more