Today I worked with a young man who is finishing UCLA and applying to medical school. For his personal statement, he told me about his life growing up in a studio apartment with five other people while his dad worked as a bag boy at a local Asian grocery store. This boy’s grandparents and his…
The Results from My Fitness Trainer
I am sitting in my den and it is 9:02 pm. My goal is to go to bed as soon as I am done here. One thing my wrist UP2 (fitness tracker) is letting me know is that I am not getting enough sleep. This past week I often only got 5 – 6 hours…
Repost: “Seeing” as a Kid
We had dark red linoleum in our kitchen at 902 East 9th Street where I grew up. The pattern had little bricks with gray jagged mortar lines and the bricks were slightly raised, as they would have been if they had been real bricks. The color was almost burgundy, and my parents had that linoleum…
Good Day with Daughter Rachael
I have had a lovely Friday since my daughter Rachael has spent all day here with me today. We’ve had our computers out working on our various projects for several hours now. Ray joined us about an hour ago and he has his computer out as well and is working away. A family computer day……
Grandbaby Day
Today was Luna and Nico day for Grandma and Grandpa. We went out to Sierra Madre and took care of them while Sarah was at work and Gregorio was in San Antonio for a conference. Nico is now 4 1/2 months old. He is quite a charmer with big round dark eyes and the cutest…
Daughter Rachael at UCLA Today During the Shooting
I was writing with my friend, Michael, this morning in Rachael’s apartment. She had asked if I could come over and wait for the repairman who was coming to replace the oven, and since Michael and I work on writing on Wednesdays, he agreed to meet me there. We were working away on our computers…
First Day Back in LA
I am finally back in LA after two weeks away. Ray and I got up early this morning and drove in from Ojai. We left at 5:45 am to beat the traffic. We barely made it, encountering some major bogs as we approached LA. Luckily, Ray suggested a diversionary route which helped us avoid much…
My Mini-Bio for My Online Class
Hi all, Well, I don’t think it’s fair to ask you to write your mini-biography without writing one of my own so you can know me a bit better. This is going to serve as my blog post as well since it’s going to be my 20 minutes a day of writing. I hope you’ll…
Sunday evening in Ojai
I am posting this as I sit in the back of the van on a bed we have made for ourselves. We have a foam mattress plus sleeping bags that makes this spot nice and soft. Sarah and her family are sleeping in the Airstream, Rachael and Ariel are in a tent, and Bri and…
Holbrook, AZ and The Tedeschi Trucks Band
It’s 11:30 at night. We left Sherman, Texas this morning at around 9:30 am; just arrived in Holbrook, Arizona for the night. Of course, we are tanked up on coffee and wide awake…uh oh. Not good. Our goal is to arrive in Ojai around 4:30 tomorrow afternoon, which means we’ll be getting up at 6…
20 Minutes a Day 