Perspective
Perspective is a funny thing. A year ago, when the pandemic hit and we were told schools would close for 2 weeks, I panicked, thinking 2 weeks was forever. I never imagined Olivia would miss her entire senior year, spending it online in her bedroom on her laptop. Or that Mateo, who’s a sophomore, would […]
Comfort food
Eggplant parmesan has become our quarantine comfort food. Our recipe is from a cookbook Costco was handing out free 5+ years ago, which we’d never opened until now. If you know us, you know Tim’s the better cook in the family: he adjusts the recipe by pre-baking the eggplant for 15 minutes on each side […]
Annie’s Annuals
Our big activity this week was a drive over the Richmond Bridge to Annie’s Annuals & Perennials. Annie’s is a nursery that features all kinds of seedlings: California natives, low-water, groundcover, deer-resistant, bee plants, and succulents. Our find of the day was “Guatemalan Leaf Sage,” which is billed as “densely tidy & boasting flowers of […]
Covid-19 in Guatemala
Fear of Covid-19 has changed the way migrants returning from the US are received in Guatemala. Nearly 1/5 of the country’s 585 confirmed cases have been traced to deportees, many on the same US flight. Backlash to returnees includes threats of home burnings and lynching. One young man tells of a mob confronting him in […]
My essay in the paper
What a joy today to open my local newspaper, the Marin Independent Journal, and see my published essay, “Slowing down while sheltering in place.” I’m grateful to the Marin IJ for publishing work by writers who live in our community. The piece grew out of posts I’d written here and on Facebook. Looking at them […]