When our cultural icons die

September 7, 2026
As I write this we’ve just lost both Dolly Parton and Gloria Steinem, two women who helped shape our generation. Why do I feel such grief? It hits differently when a cultural icon dies. The grief can seem strangely disproportionate to the relationship we actually had with them. We had...

Best New Age gift idea I’ve seen

November 6, 2014
I love giving gifts. The process of choosing just the right thing for my loved ones is one of my greatest pleasures.  For me, it's not a materialistic thing, it's a...

How to be a good house guest

November 5, 2014
Girlfriend tells me that last holiday season she had the house guest from hell. Ok, maybe that's an exaggeration. But as she described it, her house guest was a bit...

Bill Cosby: bad behavior writ large

November 4, 2014
Bad behavior writ large is how Plato described the state--sort of like the individual, but larger and easier to examine. And that larger stage, so to speak, is why I'm...

All my dreams on a downtown train

November 3, 2014
The other month I read that years ago, Bob Seger was talking to Rod Stewart about a Tom Waits song he was excited about recording called Downtown Train.  He did...

Coffee vs. Red Bull: which is more civilized?

November 2, 2014
I love a cup of hot, strong coffee in the morning, and not just a cup. A big mug.  The coffee's got to be good, too. None of that Maxwell House or burnt Starbucks for...

We can’t do it alone

November 1, 2014
Much excitement in the Bay area as our San Francisco Giants gave us a nail-biting, Valium-swallowing final game and pulled off their third World Series win in five...

Sugar Skulls and the Day of the Dead

October 31, 2014
Have you noticed that sugar skulls are everywhere this season? Calaveras de azucar (sugar skulls)  are part of the Mexican observance of the Day of the Dead, a...

No respect–and the boo-boo of Honey Boo Boo

October 30, 2014
Headlines these days are full of horror. It's become the new normal. Kids shooting other kids. Law enforcement officers and soldiers shot to death. Home-grown terrorists...

Sicilian scenes

October 29, 2014
  The first time I saw Sicily some 25 years ago, I thought, "Now I get why the San Francisco Bay area has always resonated for me."  Because the island of...

Sicilian dogs and cats

October 28, 2014
You can only imagine how much I missed my Riley. But Sicily was full of dogs--and cats--that seemed to always find the cutest poses.  This was one of two adorable...

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