Photoessay: The Crèche
If you’ve been lucky enough to visit New York City during the Christmas season, you may have nipped into [...]
The illusion of justice
Some weeks ago, I stumbled upon a story that hasn’t left me since. It was late. I was half scrolling, [...]
Review: The Living Infinite
The Living Infinite: A Novel, by Chantel Acevedo, crafts a historical fiction story based on Eulalia, the nineteenth-century Spanish daughter [...]
Hong Kong attraction, part 2
I hadn’t planned to spend the evening entertaining a man who wasn’t supposed to be there. But, as he followed [...]
Popes of my life, part 3
On the morning of February 11, 2013, the World Day of the Sick, I was sitting in front of my [...]
A San Francisco Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is not a big deal in San Francisco, as it occurs weeks after Halloween and weeks before Christmas. The [...]
Turkey Day tradition
Thanksgiving. It is one of my favorite times of year. The leaves are changing colors, the nights are much crisper, [...]
Braingiving
With Turkey Day coming up again, I was perusing my notes on various menus, all including pumpkin of some sort, [...]
Film: “John Candy: I Like Me”
Hollywood actor John Candy wasn’t a leading man, much less a major film star, but when he died prematurely at [...]
Mother, scholar, feminist
When I finished my dissertation last summer, surreptitiously becoming a doctor of philosophy, I reposted the Facebook announcement sent out [...]
The mystery of Liar’s Dice
Liar's Dice, as played in bars and nightclubs in San Francisco, is for two or more patrons and involves deception as [...]