Category: life cycle

  • Lights, love, and life

    This was the culmination of an amazing few days spent in the company of the woman who received my bone marrow donation almost two years ago (story to follow). The San Diego skyline from Coronado

  • Good advice.

    At Jenn’s staff holiday party a couple of weeks ago, I ended up talking to another husband – a former teacher and current ironworker – who has lived long enough to have acquired a great deal of wisdom that he’s able to sum up in three cardinal rules. At least two of the rules apply…

  • At first I was afraid, I was petrified.

    Leave it to my 80s-infested brain to relate the most important event of my life to Gloria Gaynor’s biggest hit. But there you have it. That’s the first line that popped into my head moments ago, when I observed the two most beautiful girls I’ve ever seen, sleeping in our bedroom. Get your minds out…

  • Jews in Shanghai. Wait, WHERE?!

    No, really. NPR did a great story about the Jewish community in Shanghai this morning.