Author: Catherine

I am planning in advance 1% of the performance, i.e. I am thinking about what I might do on the first day. I have several ideas, but won’t really decide until the night before...

Height 5’7″ weight 147 BMI 23 Cholesterol 223 HDL 84 LDL 125 Iron 77 slightly elevated Phosphorous (should eat less beans, shellfish, nuts) Elevated blood pressure some slight hearing loss vision in my left...

Inspired as usual by On Being’s podcast, this time the story of a teenager and a meeting in a magic shop. Encounter, connection, puzzle pieces falling into place. Words may act like this, or...

Researcher on children learning language – she reminds us to acknowledge our innate capacities as child-rearers, just as required as the innate capacities of children. I remember catching my breath when my young children...

New staff member, chatty, tells me why she’ll be out on Wednesday. She has to appear in court, a victim of a robbery. A woman grabbed her purse, and she pursued her on the...

After several days of practice, I was finally able to preserve the delicate variations in watercolor shading that all add up to “red.” (Green was easier, just add strips of yellow and blue.) I...

Remodeling exposes all the bad vibes, bad decisions, bad materials, bad nailing of the past. Not to mention years of daily wear and tear. Natural processes: settling, house rides on waves of moving earth....