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 days. Days of disc...
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 bracelets and necklace...
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 Sandberg’s journey ...
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 taken part in several m...
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 concluded with "And last bu...
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 From school If you we...
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 Thai-Malaysian-Singaporean cuisine in a g...
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 you leaping around, re...