When we come from fear

September 23, 2026
Sometimes people don’t come from anger or any other emotion. Even if that's how it seems. Instead, they come from fear. In fact, I'd lay odds on the fact that most of us come from fear most of the time: Fear of being rejected. Fear of losing control. Fear of not being enough. Fear that if we...

Security on the job

March 2, 2010
An overcast day, grey and drizzly, cold and damp.And wouldn't you know it: Riley had a haircut yesterday and is without his warm coat.He kept cuddling into the...

The locomotion

March 1, 2010
One of M's partners gave him a gorgeous cane with a carved fish head that has inlaid eyes.It's because M. used to attend a lot of long, boring meetings and after a...

Close encounters

March 1, 2010
Upon hearing M. and my romantic story, an artiste of modest but deserved celebrity remarked that he, too, had remained in love with his ex-wife long after their divorce...

Sunday blessing

February 28, 2010
I can never resist the urge torespond "and also with you."I guess you can take the girl out of Massbut you can't take Massout of the...

Sit Saturday – wishin’

February 28, 2010
Wish this were our dog, our home.But.It's not.Cute,...

Welcome me home again

February 27, 2010
The city has a rhythm all its own, a pulse, a cadence in which we are all players.At night a Powell Street busker's amp booms an organ grinder-ish sound until about...

Traitor body

February 26, 2010
That's what M. calls it. The big and little health issues that crop up as a result of age and the cumulative effect of lifestyle choices we've made over the years.Access...

On the train Friday morning

February 26, 2010
Tampa friends are in San Francisco this weekend and we're headed for the city Friday to see them. Where else to go but Beach Blanket Babylon, then dinner at Capp's...

The petty tyranny of the condo board

February 25, 2010
Condo commandos.They're not just an artifact of South Florida. They're alive and well on the Monterey peninsula.Driven by power and ego, these tyrants treat the condo...

Today’s blessing

February 24, 2010
Dear God, Please make mewho You would have me beThat I might do as You wouldhave me do. May I be a blessingon others That I might feelYour blessing on me.Amen~Marianne...

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