I got an allerga-cold, the allergies that devolve into a full blown cold, and the culprit, I believe rightly or wrongly, is dust. I can pretty much map directly exposure to large areas of dust (dive bar last week, Library book fair last year, cleaning out garage last spring…) to these alergacolds. The great thing…

God I love’em. What says it better than a t-shirt? Oh wait. A bumper sticker.

I haven’t really felt like blogging lately because I’ve been overwhelmingly busy with paid work & unpaid work (annaboka.com). I write pieces and then don’t go into depth, and end up deleting them. This goes in waves- at some point I’ll come back to feeling expressive. OK I was over that in a nanosecond. Overheard…

Ah, if only I’d had this over the last 10 years! I got this from a t-shirt blog. There’s no logic to why I’m reading a t-shirt blog, except that I am on a quest for the perfect t-shirt. This would be very long, light soft material, interesting neckline (not too high!), slightly fitted, and…

Ah, the joys of dejunking. I’m sitting here and it’s so peaceful and organized, and I can see surfaces of counters and tables, and there aren’t a million little reminders of projects and things to get done. The backstory is that I drove down to San Jose on Friday to have my very first set…

We lost a really cool guy a few days ago, Dick Curry. I had met him a couple of times, he’s my brother-in-law’s dad, but his stories are pretty famous. In his obit in the LA Times today, it says: He was a dedicated family man, a proud member of the East High School Alumni…

I’ve always wanted my family to do this gift exchange: you bring your favorite bill under $50 or $60 dollars, put it in a hat, and then pass the hat around. Everyone pays everyone else’s bills. Oh the feeling of giving! Of receiving! Of not buying into the consumer juggernaut that is our retail biz.…

Managed to coordinate my travel plans with a friend in Boston and my sister in Baltimore. Then, after figuring out the right dates, flights, and train schedules, got the very same email from both of them: “It’s my birthday on 11/19!” “It’s my son’s birthday on 11/19!” How unlikely is that, that you would schedule…

I’m working shifts on a project online, so it gives me a few hours here and there to get errands done, as long as I’m available via cell phone. Two errands I have this weekend: rent a cello and buy some tennis rackets. A luthier- because I know you’re dying to know- is a cello…