by toby | Dec 28, 2010 | Life
I have never been a big New Year’s fan as this holiday in particular I’m always a little accident prone. I’ve been hit in the eye by a popper at a party, groped two handed in San Francisco, peed on my wallet in a park (maybe that was someone else, the memory’s a...
by toby | Dec 23, 2010 | Life
A good friend (Julie! Thanks for being a reader and supporter!) sent out an annual letter called, “A few of my favorite things” and I thought that was a great idea. So here are some of my Favorite Things about the season, and if you hang in there for the whole post...
by toby | Dec 16, 2010 | Life
My life goes by, a book of little boxes Penciled names and times containing No hint of the stories– The sorrows, compulsions, memories, grief, The rage, depression, drugs, abuse. . . Just little boxes filled with names and times. I wish they Left no mark on me...
by toby | Dec 12, 2010 | Life
As I write this I’m picking a bit of dried cookie dough off my (significant) bosom, launched there by the enthusiastic dough-wrangling efforts of my niece and nephew this evening at our annual Christmas decorating/baking bash. Christmas in Hawaii is a lot like...
by toby | Dec 5, 2010 | Life
Twenty Things I’ve Learned: My friend, the lovely, talented and funny writer Tee Tyson, recently did a Things I’ve Learned vlog: If you haven’t watched it, you should! I laughed at several and mulled over others, and it gave me pause to think on what I’ve learned, at...
by toby | Nov 25, 2010 | Life
I promised an upside blog, and I’ve been hunting for inspiration ever since. This is Thanksgiving morning, and it’s time to pull out of the negativity. So here are some of the gifts of hitting midlife that I want to acknowledge, and invite you to add to. The kids are...