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When I was younger, I thought age came in only two flavors—you were old or you were young. I preferred young. I dreaded being—old. But…

This New Years I’m taking an idea from a YouTube video by Miranda July “Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?” It has some timely thoughts…

This is an excerpt from Branches on the Conejo: Leaving the Soil After Five Generations, my memoir celebrating life in (then) the rural Southern California community…

Here’s a Christmas story that helps me remember the power of a mother’s love. I’m sharing it as my gift to the Universe with my…

Wow. I’m so happy to be writing this. The event I have been working toward for the past five years is finally happening. I signed…

It took moving to Oregon to finally understand the meaning of spring. In the area of California where I used to live, the days start getting warm in February….