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Apr 6

My Bunny Cup

On following your delight — It’s morning in the San Francisco Bay Area. The view out my living room window is of oak, redwood, and pine trees layered on the Oakland foothills behind a row of sweet Mediterranean bungalows with red-tiled roofs and handmade brick chimneys. A bunny cup sits at the top right corner…

Peace

5 min read

My Bunny Cup
My Bunny Cup
Peace

5 min read


Mar 22

Boys and men saved my life

But how can I see them as more than panaceas? — I have a complicated relationship with men. I love, respect, and even revere them, and yet — disdain them. At the surface level, I just love men. I love their look, smell, and feel. I love their swagger, and the glint in the eye. I love catching their attention. I…

Love

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Boys and men saved my life
Boys and men saved my life
Love

13 min read


Mar 21

Why aren’t you dating?

A redux — I’ve tried to write about why I’m not dating before, and I think I’ve failed. I wasn’t honest. I didn’t go deep enough. There are many reasons I’m not dating even though I want to. Some are surface-level, some are deep. Some are logistical, some are age-related (I suppose..?). All…

Relationships

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Why aren’t you dating?
Why aren’t you dating?
Relationships

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Mar 16

Bill was my friend

And I forsook him — I had a problematic friend. Do we all have a friend or two like this? What I mean by that is, well, he was inappropriate. Often. He could be creepy, at least for the uninitiated. He loved women and had a strong libido — and boundary issues. But he never…

Regret

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Bill was my friend
Bill was my friend
Regret

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Feb 22

My cloak of invisibility

And what it affords me — I moved into my son’s apartment about a month ago. It’s located in a part of Oakland I avoided my entire life, a part that’s being revitalized after decades of ruinous crime. Actually, this particular area of Oakland — Tuxedo, near Highland Terrace — is well on its way to…

Oakland

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My cloak of invisibility
My cloak of invisibility
Oakland

6 min read


Feb 12

A gift from a stranger

On noticing the sign posts in our path — I went to a new (for me) hairdresser yesterday to get my hair cut. I was annoyed because I’m saving money hard and had decided to just ignore my hair for the time being. But, I’m going to Los Angeles on Tuesday to deliver a car to my daughter, and…

Healing

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A gift from a stranger
A gift from a stranger
Healing

6 min read


Jan 31

Go out into the world in peace

A benediction — Go out into the world in peace. Have courage. Hold on to what is good. Return no one evil for evil. Strengthen the fainthearted, support the weak, and help the suffering. Honor all people. Love and serve God, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit. …

Benediction

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Go out into the world in peace
Go out into the world in peace
Benediction

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Jan 30

Let’s be honest

I’ve had enough fine dining to last me a lifetime. — Something interesting has happened to me. After years of trying to be on a budget, trying to be more moderate, trying to curb my desires and greed and envy, trying to cultivate gratitude, trying to avoid the siren call of pretty clothes and nice food and good wine… I have…

Food

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Let’s be honest
Let’s be honest
Food

5 min read


Jan 29

Bakery box

I have a bakery box in the kitchen with the weirdest cake it it. It actually has meat shavings on it! It’s called rousong, and it’s not shavings, but “floss” (I know, this is sounding worse by the minute). One article I skimmed said it wasn’t too different from cotton…

Travel

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Bakery box
Bakery box
Travel

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Jan 27

Waiting to feel better

On convalescing, making beans, roasting chicken, watching movies — My ears are ringing. It’s unpleasant. Other than that, the house and the neighborhood are quiet. The occasional truck roars by on Highway 13, a couple of blocks up the hill. I visited the dentist today. He was unable to tell me why a section of the gum below one…

Sick

4 min read

Waiting to feel better
Waiting to feel better
Sick

4 min read

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Christiana White

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