Finding my game at midlife
Have you ever had one of those days? Maybe not a day worthy of posting to the FML website, but one that reminds you of the children's book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day? Monday was like that for me. By the time the day ended, I couldn't isolate anything that I'd call ... [Continue Reading]
I love to walk. It's a chance to get outdoors, breathe fresh air, clear my mind. Exercise walking takes no special equipment, just some decent shoes and for those of us who are fair-skinned, sunscreen. I can walk my dog, walk with a friend, or my personal favorite, walk by myself. I can catch up on ... [Continue Reading]
I played tennis this week with a friend whom I haven't seen since our last match together, back in the winter when emotional issues were affecting my game. In fact, the last time we played together, I felt like such a failure I considered quitting tennis entirely -- it had ceased being fun for me, ... [Continue Reading]
Driving home after dropping my son at school last week, I stopped to let five girls on rollerblades cross the street. With bike helmets and new backpacks, they joined other kids and parents making their way on foot, bike or stroller towards the elementary school near our house. A mom with a ... [Continue Reading]
For the better part of a year, the view from my kitchen has been a porta potty, a dumpster and a messy construction site. While I don’t blame the new neighbors who bought the house across the street and are making substantial improvements, it just happens to be my luck that I am living in a ... [Continue Reading]
AT&T Park, at the edge of San Francisco Bay, floated with celebrations last weekend. The San Francisco Giants’ 2011 home opener on Friday saw our “Fear the Beard” closer (Brian Wilson) run the 2010 World Series flag out to the right field arcade and hoist it up the flagpole to rest ... [Continue Reading]
Last night I found a half-eaten bag of Blue Bottle coffee beans on the Oriental carpet I received from my aunt. This is my dog's favorite place to take his treasures. That fact, plus slobber and teeth marks on the bag, led me to conclude that Dezi had eaten a quarter-pound of fancy coffee. ... [Continue Reading]
Thank goodness, I’m back online. Friday a story about the “National Day of Unplugging” came on my car radio. You can read about “The Unplug Challenge” here . Basically, you disconnect from your cell phone, email, text, Facebook, Twitter, etc. for a 24-hour period, to help you “slow ... [Continue Reading]
We took them to the airport early yesterday morning, each on a flight to the East Coast but leaving within twenty minutes of the other one. He's going back for sophomore year, and she's doing a freshman backpacking trip before orientation starts next weekend. The shopping's done, the bags are ... [Continue Reading]
"Mom, when are we going to start packing for college?" Not that my daughter hasn't already started. In some ways I think she began five years ago, but she started in earnest about the time she turned in her matriculation forms. She has assembled a packing list so impressive she probably could ... [Continue Reading]
