I have seen this movie twice. I first found out about it because it was directed Jonathan Karsh, who I share many friend with from Carmichael, CA.  I went to a reunion and people were talking about his upcoming film premier. I didn’t see it at the time, but when I began to get interested [...]

Because J- is recovering from a vasectomy, our decision is at the forefront of our minds.  Here are more reflections on a topic already discussed here.
J- and I were discussing a friend and her decision about how she will become a parent. We reflected on our own back and forth about whether we wanted to [...]

Over the years, I have participated in many collective working and living projects.  Several years ago, I was recruited by a group called the Matchbook Learning Project. We sponsored classes for adults in the anarchist community.  The vision was a way to keep people in community in times of life that it is harder to [...]

When my father was in a coma in the emergency room a few weeks ago, I initially didn’t know what to do. I knew that I wanted to go down there, but I wasn’t sure why. I hadn’t been close to my father in over 10 years. He had done things to my [...]

My dad died. Twice, actually. The first time that he died was very suddenly. He suffered from a pulmonary embolism on the morning of February 23rd, 2008. His wife heard him breathing heavily as he left the bathroom and grabbed something from his closet. Shortly after, he collapsed.
She called 911 immediately and they [...]

This post has moved to my new professional blog:
http://eastbayalternativemedicine.com/?p=180

My friend A- is always doing studies. If she is considering making any kind of change in her life, she researches it from every angle. She reads about it, she interviews her friends or acquaintances about it. I love seeing her go through this process and getting asked questions that make me think deeply [...]

J- and I took CPR and First Aid today. I was surprised to know that he had never taken CPR before.  I took it when I was a kid. I also had to take it a few years ago for my sports massage certification.  Also a couple of years ago, I took a wilderness first [...]

I am currently reading a book about cancer, Living Downstream by Sandra Steingraber. It includes both the author’s personal and emotional experience in dealing with it as well as scientific data and political commentary on the environmental causes of cancer in the US.  Jeff gave it to me a while ago, when I started volunteering [...]

It was the first birthday party of my “adopted niece”, Z- today. I was there for her mom’s labor and her delivery, as well. It was nice to see everything going so well after a year. I regret not being able to make it to S- more to see her, mostly because [...]