The view from the Children’s, 3rd floor
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Wan, Wanamaker, the Organ
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Regrets
1. Tanya’s pencils
May 1994. Paris. I am at a little shop, say, on Rue Mouffetard, with Marina, Shura, Seryozhka, Tanya. I am 16, awkward and self-conscious. Tanya is 12. Tanya accidentally drops a box of little pencils Continue reading “Regrets”
The Birthday
This year, most of my birthday wishes came from the people, near and far, who asked/remembered when it was. That was quietly pleasant. I also had three celebrations, each in a party of two people, including myself. Two people is one of my favorite party sizes right now, three is the other one!
Sixteen years ago, in Prague, Continue reading “The Birthday”
The Venices
As I walked along the Dorsoduro embankment this morning, peaking into the side alleys and canals, I felt Venice as a protodream. The other dreams made sense.
The Dorsoduro embankment
A lesser one, Venice, California, the quiet part a couple of blocks inland from the beach. Continue reading “The Venices”
Lumosity
In December, a couple of weeks before a long solo drive from the Bay Area to San Diego, I drove straight into a pole at my then apartment parking lot. Sober (of course) and relatively undistracted (take my word for it). Apart from the minor annoyance of having to get the car fixed, that was also a minor experience of “I can’t live like this any more” (love those!). So, I started playing brain training games on lumosity.com, the website I’ve heard about on the Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast. Incidentally, I signed a lease for an apartment in San Francisco about a week after driving into the pole, but that topic deserves its own development, so back to Lumosity. Continue reading “Lumosity”
Love letters understated 