Traffic Disaster Part 2

What’s even funnier is that the husband just called. “Wanna know what I was doing?” Hmm, thinks I… I just checked traffic… “Getting stuck in traffic?” “How’d you know?!” Yup. That’s right. Poor guy was...
Traffic Disaster

Traffic Disaster

I would normally be driving in this. Well, not on the freeway. I’d take the green/gold line north of the Freeway — my consistent 45 minute drive to the bridge and 1 hour 10 minutes to pick up Levi. But, today, I took a vacation day. Thank you vacation...
Thanksgiving 2011: The Prep

Thanksgiving 2011: The Prep

I love Thanksgiving. It warms the heart with memories, and it stirs the soul with the coordination it takes. It’s a perfect blend of my culinary dreams and project coordination skills: married on one delicious day. That is, if all goes according to plan. This...
Thanksgiving 2011: The Prep

Speak Power to Story

I have always loved stories. Give me a good fiction any day of the week. For example, I just read the Millennium Trilogy (over 2,100 pages) in less than two weeks. It was that good. But, I didn’t get the point of some stories until I took a little independent...
Thanksgiving 2011: The Prep

Growing Up

I’ve heard it said that a true test of character would be if a camera (unbeknownst to you) were to follow you around, capturing moment by moment, everything you did. All your faults and virtues would be on display. Then, if you could see that video, you would...