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Dec 29, 20201 min read

Suguna

In cold months, I wear The sweaters, caps and scarves you knitted, Feeling your love In their warm embrace. I picked the yarn, We picked...

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Nov 26, 20197 min read

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: the Play

Harry Potter is huge in this household. I mean, HUGE! Back in the day, when each book first came out, my friends and I would devour it in...

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Jul 4, 20182 min read

The Reluctant Poet

She picks words as she picks popcorn from a bowl, without looking, without effort. She threads them together as she threads beads into...

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Oct 11, 20175 min read

"Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy" by Sheryl Sandberg and

Sheryl Sandberg’s and Adam Grant's recent book, "Option B, Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy" is a moving account of...

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May 29, 20173 min read

Monsoon Wedding, the musical

I saw Mira Nair’s musical “Monsoon Wedding” at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. I took my 11-year old daughter to see it with me. She has...

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Apr 9, 20171 min read

Richard Parker, the Stuffed Tiger

"Dear Santa," my daughter wrote, "this is what I would like for Christmas. A stuffed animal tiger" Then she named a few books and...

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Mar 9, 20171 min read

What I Would Do....If

If you, my beloved child Were in harm’s way If you were taken from me And I didn't know where you were If one day, you didn't come home...

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Oct 9, 20163 min read

Durian (an experiment)

In San Francisco, there is a restaurant in Chinatown on Washington Street at Kearny called Penang Garden. It serves...

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Jul 10, 19961 min read

Your laughter rings....(for Aria)

Your laughter rings through the halls of academe bouncing off the benchtops, rattling the racks of tubes lifting my heart. I marvel at...

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