Are “feet of clay” really just human flaws?

June 24, 2026
Surprise, surprise. Deepak Chopra was an Epstein buddy. Cesar Chavez raped women and minors. Many big names appear in the files in what seem to be incriminating ways. Powerful men and yes, women, too, overlooked, ignored or even took part in nefarious activities. Horrific things happened....

Wine: sunlight held together by water

March 28, 2014
Spring in wine country has none of the bustle of the fall harvest. Vines are budding--sighting of first buds is called bud-break-- and winemakers are busy with the...

Love blindness and suicide

March 27, 2014
Love’s got to stop somewhere short of suicide. ~from the book "Dodsworth"  said by a man who finally left a bad marriage Remember those dark days of angst-filled...

The disturbing Malaysian air mystery

March 26, 2014
     My heart goes out to the families who lost loved ones in the horrific and mysterious Malaysia Airlines tragedy.  Watching some of the coverage made me remember...

Life is full of losses large and small

March 25, 2014
Even in the midst of great joy, shadows loom around the edges.  We know that loss is inevitable, but we're too busy living to think about it.  I was reminded of that...

Good fences, good neighbors

March 24, 2014
I'm a pretty quiet and unassuming neighbor. Always have been.  Business took me out of town for long stretches of time when I worked and even at home I was never one...

Why women don’t succeed in business

March 23, 2014
We can talk all we like about leaning in, leaning back, not leaning at all or any other concept that purports to understand why women aren't better represented at...

Yes, my darlings, spring has sprung

March 22, 2014
Spring. It's sprung, at least this week and at least in the San Francisco Bay area and on the Monterey peninsula. And in Sonoma. Here's what I found on my...

Accepting the new reality: a generation in denial

March 21, 2014
The hunt for the mythical Fountain of Youth didn't die with Ponce de Leon. It's still alive and well. Just look around. Desperate attempts to look younger are...

Breathing in the Beats at City Lights

March 20, 2014
City Lights may well have the richest literary heritage of any independent bookstore in the United States. Inhale, and breathe in the history of Beat literature. City...

A snarky take on writing.

March 19, 2014
We writers do shed our lifeblood on the page, it's very true. We suffer over every word, we think we're inadequate, we don't like others to see our work until it's...

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