When Mr. F and I first arrived here in the Bay Area, we were without WiFi at home for a few days. We never realize how very reliant we are on technology until we are forced to be without…
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We each have a unique way of interacting with the world around us. Whether through the way we approach each day, our manner of address or dress, or how we set a table, we all have our own brand…
In just 48 hours, Mr. F and I will exchange one temporal locale for another. We’ll drive a few hours down the Coast to spend the next three months in Marin County, just north of San Francisco. Each one…
I have a bit of a tendency to get caught up in details. I’m detail oriented, which can be a big plus in some ways, but it does tend to make me a bit of a can’t-see-the-forest-for-the-trees- type sometimes.…
Although most of us aren’t required to wear them, many of us hide behind them. I’m talking about veils. They are often present even when we aren’t aware of them. We use our veils to hide our authentic selves–…
We live in a world in which everyone seems to be competing for attention. So many are shouting look at me, look at me! And it is often the shouters that get the attention, because well, our attention is…
If you’ve ever worked in or hung a gallery, you might be familiar with the way paintings “talk” to each other. When hung in the same or adjacent space, works of art interact with one another, echoing or contradicting…
These days, I find myself feeling grateful quite often. The fleeting nature of life has never been more apparent, which seems to make it easier to find moments of bliss. Perhaps because the darkness is lurking, the light shines…
Every morning lately, somewhere between 9:00 and 10:00am, my eyes are drawn away from the laptop screen and through the windows outside. You see, at this time of day, the morning light becomes its most intense and everything outside…
I’m always amazed by how such a variety of species exist peacefully together in the wild. Why do we find it so difficult to do the same? People seem to revel in their differences, eager to point out the…