UPDATE: Measure V did not pass, with a deficit of about 100 votes needed to win a supermajority of 55%. TL;DR: I am voting NO on Measure V. Of course I support repairs and upgrades for our school facilities and to help our kids, however, not the way Measure V is written. I … [Read more...]
Steeped Coffee Single-Serve Bags
As long as I have been alive, my mother has been an avid coffee drinker. I remember when instant coffee bags were invented - they're like tea bags, but with coffee in them, and they are supposed to taste better than instant coffee crystals that you just stir into hot water, … [Read more...]
Cut to: November
"So, you went to sleep a year ago, and then what happened?" My friend Melanie, the miniatures artist turned travel writer turned certified wine expert, asked me this during a phone call last week. We haven't connected in real time since about a year ago, so she was … [Read more...]
Summer in Agoura Hills
Early summer, before every day stretches into an endless parade of searing hot sun-scorched misery. The first concerts in the park, the ice cream truck, the trips to the beach. The feeling that school doesn't start again for a long, long time. We adults know the truth, that … [Read more...]
Things That Self Help
Self help. I had a year full of turmoil starting at the end of 2017. Deaths, losses, internal strife, a job change, a fire. One stressful situation after another, and I reached a point at which I had to do something to strengthen myself against the next blow. After all, I'm … [Read more...]