I have been thinking a lot lately about what I can and cannot tolerate in my life. Tonight tested the limits. After dinner at Plant post beach walk with Susan, I was working on my computer and looked for my phone.  I couldn’t find it –– which rarely happens –– and then th...

Especially at the Apple Store. I feel about the Apple Store like Holly Golightly felt about Tiffany’s — NOTHING bad can ever happen to you there. Sure, I’ve been there once or twice with a problem (one they’ve always solved), but mostly it just feels that I’ve stepped into a b...

While sorting through papers –– I wish I could say I were writing –– I saw through Susan’s window the true phenomenon of the parrots of Telegraph Hill.  Kind of amazing to watch them interact with the downstairs neighbors.  (You have to make sure you click on and expand photo so you can really see al...