Category Archives: Tiny things
Recollections of Collections
We cleaned out Hans’ room last week. Installed a proper bed with storage underneath, so his room has lost the “college dorm mattress on the floor” feeling. Because we live in a house with jewel box-sized rooms, streamlining is in … Continue reading
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My Little Sunshine Tomato
For a town where, it seems, the sun has not shined with the kind of uumph I think a lot of us would like this summer, I give thee the happy baby tomato. Even without copious sun, his friends are … Continue reading
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Life As a Painting
Looking for toads at Lake Lagunita on Stanford Campus, the only lake I know of that is most almost always dry and has a redundant name. Truly Lake Little Lake. Pulling the kids off the computer, we took the dogs … Continue reading
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Sea Glass Hunting
Sea glass makes my heart race. There are many different ways of finding sea glass, and I consider myself an expert in this regard. You might not know this, but there are degrees of difficulty. To wit: 1. You … Continue reading
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Things We Don’t Appreciate
The first in a series. I fail to appreciate at home what it is like NOT to be craved by another animal. The mosquitos here are tenacious, laying in wait patiently until we go to bed, and then they arrive … Continue reading
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Size Matters
A cup as big as my hand After a concert last night in Berkeley, Anders and I passed by a frozen yogurt shop with a twist. Yogurtland is set up self-service style, where you choose one (or two or three) … Continue reading
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Diamonds
What happens when the view, the thing that everyone is looking at and taking pictures of, just doesn’t come across in the photographs? That’s what happened at the top of the Empire State Building. Manhattan way down there, 86 … Continue reading
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