Happy New Year, everyone! Another year came to a close, another winter break over. The kids and I didn’t do…

The other day I was driving to pick up my curbside order of groceries and it hit me that I…

I was finishing the last of Thanksgiving dinner clean-up when I called my grandmother. She lives two hours away, and…

One day, the kindergarteners were being tested over Zoom. It was loud. So-and-so’s family didn’t read the email and couldn’t…

I was thinking about this older lady named Dorothy, who used to pack us Japanese food after temple service in…

“He has an obstruction in his intestines,” the vet said over the phone, his accent strong, some of his words…

Sometimes I think about Teta, the short old lady with the coke-bottle glasses and Clairol-red hair. My grandmother.  I have…

Right now, many of us are experiencing a barrage of uncomfortable feelings stemming from this unprecedented global pandemic. Stress. Worry.…

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about getting better at spotting and identifying what is and what is not for…

I stayed up too late and woke up the next morning later than I wanted, and then had to make…