Dr. Yamamura is an old-school OB-GYN. She takes time with her patients. She doesn’t rush us in and out. She doesn’t use a computer. Her front desk handwrites patients’ invoices, and when it’s time to pay, she accepts only checks. I didn’t bring my checkbook today — even though as I was driving there, I…
I went to a speaker series that UC Santa Cruz gave Saturday night. I was there to represent my partial alma mater, UCSC. Professor Mark Carr — in the Marine Sciences division — presented first. He talked about what his students are learning and how important “hands on” field trips are to the curriculum. Then…
Donna and I remember each other in big ways and little ways too. When I travel, I’ll try to pick up a little gift to let her know I’m thinking of her. Similarly, when she’s on the road, she’ll do the same. After her trip to New York last week for her daughter Rachel’s graduation…
It’s probably way too late to dream … but these pictures caught my gaze… and reminded me that summer’s around the corner, and it’s never too late to aspire to impossible beauty and a perfect body, is it? Please Share
I’ve gone to Pico Cleaners for so long that Jacob, the owner and his brother Shervin saw my daughter Jamie grow up. I trust them implicitly and they in turn know & look out for me. When Vin’s cleaners went under — in one horrific ‘disappeared in the night’ weekend — he reluctantly switched to…
I learned something from Joy Behar, when she was on “The View”. She said she always leaves a tip for Housekeeping every day when she stays in a hotel. She reasoned, “If it’s a different maid when I check out, she won’t get any part of it if I do it all the final day.”…
There was a nice feeling in the air when we arrived in Providence this afternoon. Winter’s woes are over. Spring has sprung. Flowering trees, locals fearlessly daring to stroll without coats. The Front Desk folks welcomed me back. I wasn’t here in February — the Rhode Island School of Design Board meeting was in New…
http://www.verilux.com/light-therapy-lamps/happylight-6000/ I sent my brother Steve a “productivity lamp” — because he has a stressful job and a long commute in often-times the gray Bay Area. He loved it, and I appreciate his sweet note letting me know. Please Share
I don’t cook all that often, but I do have a few tried & true recipes that I trot out on the holidays. One of them is for Passover. “Chocolate Toffee Matzo”, first seen by my sister Annie in the Orange County Register, of all places. I’ve made it over & over, even sent it…
…really stack up! Thank you! **************************************************************************************************** The first thing I do when I come home from a trip is look through my mail. Magazines go to the side, they can wait. Bills take higher priority. And what do I open first? My personal mail. A pink card from my niece Kuu Sanford popped to the…
