Piglia – (two weeks ago, K., an old classmate from CNF, told me you pronounce glia as an an e sound (like bee). On…

(I dislike this pen)

On Tuesday, I watched Saving Private Ryan. The character Uphman, initially a boy, becomes a man when he murders the German…

Should one consider what arises in the mind while walking what the mind considers primary? In my case, I return always to the house….

Organizing the house dominates my mind. I can concentrate on nothing else. Questions of permits, scheduling, etc. I will work hard the next six…

Carina Letters: Brad is precocious drinker. More of a sad-sack than moi. The perspective is good. I find him pitiable or contemptible. Both? Do…

Busy. Planning all day for the reno. Spent this morning at J’s designing basement and talking about exterior. Hard to not let the process…

Ava Lee review

Q – Do you have apprehensions about writing a character who is female and Chinese? Have you received pushback? Do you have…

First day after Labor Day. The vacation for A. has more meaning: I don’t labor. Vacations mean a day at home with my family…

Returned from ‘Wood-Park.’ F. had a blast. M. + family joined. Grammy and papa too. Nothing transcendent, although us descendants of the Romantics see…