Photo: Jonathan and I had our best California buds in town with us this week, so they got to attend the launch party on Friday. A huge treat for me! See more photos from the party at the end of this post. North of the Sun, South of the Moon:…
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My Birthday Wish: Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre
Photo: St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre. Photo via RussianTourism.com. Sometimes I'm such a girl. When Jonathan asked me what I wanted to do for my 30th birthday, I told him the truth, even though it felt like a pipe dream. I wanted to attend a ballet at St. Petersburg's legendary…
Get out of my underwear drawer, boys.
The following is a cross-post from my second blog ( Feeding the Trolls ). I feel strongly about this issue, and I hope that, upon reading my remarks, you will, too. The United States of America, my home country, is stepping into a new era regarding the availability of health care. Because…
An Anniversary
Exactly four years ago, Jonathan and I were wrapping up our eighth month of marriage. We were newlyweds. Our kitchen appliances still had that just-unwrapped, straight-from-the-registry shine. Without enough furniture to fill our three-bedroom rental house, we could do occasional cartwheels in the hallways, sommersaults in the living room. Once,…
Splitting the Coconut
Jonathan took careful aim and leveled a firm blow with his hammer at the circumference of the hairy, brown coconut in his hand. The crack resounded in our kitchen and made Cindy and I giggle with wonder. Jon gave the coconut a quarter turn and whacked it again. This time,…
Prop 8 v. People in the Glass Houses
Last Sunday, my friends, my husband, and I attended our home church. We arrived in time for the lesson being taught in our Sunday School class about Old Testament prophesy. Questions arose, but went unanswered. Problems were acknowledged, but went unresolved. Then, out of nowhere, the topic of gay marriage…
In Remembrance of Infamy
Seven years ago, two black boxes of souls standing sentinel over New York City were felled by cowards in commandeered planes, and America staggered. Go ahead and scream and holler for an end to this war... Please, run out in the streets and chant and pump your fists in the…
Nemesis
All the mechanical noises, the thrum of electricity in the veins of my cubicle, the brief beeps of protest elicited by a misplaced cursor, the buzz of my monitor, printer, even the flicker of my digital picture frame, conspire against my creativity, damming the imaginative river in my mind, my…