San Jose just had a flood. Before we had a flood, though, we had lots and lots of heavy rain and strong winds for a few days. This coincided with an overflowing reservoir and some bad judgements by some civic engineers which resulted in a floodplain full of homes and cars being under water. I […]
When this old picture of girl guides putting up a tent popped up on my screen, it inspired these thoughts. I can’t actually remember the conversation that went on during the tent-construction enterprise, but I can imagine it just from the body language of the people in the photo. It’s easy to get along with […]
Keeping track of which method of communication people prefer is really difficult. We are awash with choices. Individually, each is wonderful and enhanced by modern technology. Collectively, they are a problem. Person A doesn’t like making phone calls because it always seems to be an intrusion on friends and family, and corporations have those awful robot […]
Dealing with an uncommunicative real estate agent is a bit like having a bad boyfriend. You know he knows you are waiting to hear from him, but he just doesn’t call. Worse than that, he shuts off his phone after 9:00 PM so that he can’t be bothered by the sound of the phone ringing. […]
Why do I love the soon-to-be-seventy Joni Mitchell, and somewhat resent the soon-to-be-thirty Edward Snowden? I think it’s because Joni asked me to look inside myself and question my assumptions, while Edward hit me over the head with them. This week we celebrated two game-changers. Joni Mitchell, famously camera-shy, gave an interview to CBC prior […]
Snowbird of Paradise 