Dec 29, 20201 minSugunaIn cold months, I wear The sweaters, caps and scarves you knitted, Feeling your love In their warm embrace. I picked the yarn, We picked...
Nov 26, 20197 minHarry Potter and the Cursed Child: the PlayHarry Potter is huge in this household. I mean, HUGE! Back in the day, when each book first came out, my friends and I would devour it in...
Jul 4, 20182 minThe Reluctant PoetShe picks words as she picks popcorn from a bowl, without looking, without effort. She threads them together as she threads beads into...
Oct 12, 20175 min"Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy" by Sheryl Sandberg and Sheryl Sandberg’s and Adam Grant's recent book, "Option B, Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy" is a moving account of...
May 30, 20173 minMonsoon Wedding, the musicalI saw Mira Nair’s musical “Monsoon Wedding” at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. I took my 11-year old daughter to see it with me. She has...
Apr 9, 20171 minRichard Parker, the Stuffed Tiger"Dear Santa," my daughter wrote, "this is what I would like for Christmas. A stuffed animal tiger" Then she named a few books and...
Mar 9, 20171 minWhat I Would Do....IfIf you, my beloved child Were in harm’s way If you were taken from me And I didn't know where you were If one day, you didn't come home...
Oct 10, 20163 minDurian (an experiment)In San Francisco, there is a restaurant in Chinatown on Washington Street at Kearny called Penang Garden. It serves...
Jul 11, 19961 minYour laughter rings....(for Aria)Your laughter rings through the halls of academe bouncing off the benchtops, rattling the racks of tubes lifting my heart. I marvel at...