A few months ago, we had our respite parents, R- and N- over for dinner.  We had just come back from our first parenting class with the agency and were talking about all of the possible family combinations that may work for us.  Then R-, who is black, dropped the bomb. “Have you thought about […]

I wonder if people in other states ask people where they are from all the time.  If you live in Illinois or Alabama, is it just assumed that you are from there?  Of course, here in California, most people are NOT from here, so that is a common conversation topic to get to know a […]

I recently watched Al Gore’s documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.  I didn’t learn anything new since I had already studied this stuff in college.  15 years later, it is totally mainstream.  Although I believed it all along, the fact that it has become more widely accepted has still made it feel bigger to me, more impending, […]

J- and I recently found this place, Manpuku. It is a good thing because we have also been finding a budget.  We used to love to go to Kirala, often on J-’s brother’s treat.  It really wasn’t sustainable to rely on Kirala for our sushi desires.  Manpuku is certainly not the highest quality sushi around, […]

Last night at 10:30 while I was home alone (well, with my dogs), a complete stranger, that I don’t ever remember seeing before came to my door.  I was very tired after 15 miles of hiking and at least 5 hours of driving and I wasn’t very excited about going to the door, let alone […]