Learning a New Skill
This Saturday we have yet another event at my daughter’s school. This one is called Shared Schoolyard, and it’s a celebration of the opening of our...
Author: noemikjames
The Bad News (At Work)
I mentioned getting some bad news at work the other day. And I did. Some very surprising, and very shitty, bad news. Turns out, the construction project whose d...
Dodging a Bullet
Almost two weeks ago, right when we got back from Disneyland, our tenant informed us that he had bedbugs. He had one in a bag, to prove it. He had evidently lea...
THIO
Thank goodness it’s over! I had been glancing at this past weekend on the calendar with dread for most of the month. I am so glad we’re past it. It ended ...
Newton’s 1st Law
An object in motion stays in motion, and an object at rest stays at rest. But it’s not just objects, it’s people too. This year, for me, is constant...
Bike Hacks
It’s not always easy to transport stuff on the bike, but I usually find a way.
This is your city on smoke
Air quality in San Francisco is still dangerous. We can’t go outside. We can’t open our windows. It’s so strange to see the sun out and realiz...
Shit, Meet Fan
Last night, the shit really hit the fan for me. I am now facing a reality I had always feared, but hoped I could avoid. I hate to be purposefully vague, and I p...
Red Sun Over the City
We came back to a Bay Area blanketed in smoke. The setting sun was blood red before it disappeared completely behind the wall gray wall, only to emerge again ri...
New Family Traditions
I worry sometimes that we don’t spend enough time creating and cultivating our own new family traditions, but instead work only to preserve favorite tradi...