Today I’m talking about “imposter syndrome.” It might be a tad dry and you probably won’t like it so you can delete this post right now. That, my friends, is “imposter syndrome.” Imposter syndrome is when you make excuses in your head in advance why something isn’t good enough, why you aren’t good enough, why … Read more
Does grocery shopping irritate you? Maybe I’m the only one. Years ago my spouse (Captain Mark the engineer) decided I needed an aisle-by-aisle grocery list for our local market. Enter the door, turn left toward Produce, then go down each aisle moving clockwise through the store until aisles end at Deli. Then back along the … Read more
Bookshelves are supposed to be personal, revealing, windows on the book collector’s personality and tastes. Anyone who looks at my bookshelves will immediately think I’m schizophrenic. Who has Stephen King next to Dorothea Benton Frank? Who has Clive Cussler next to William Shakespeare? Who has Nora Roberts next to Beverly Jenkins or Boris Pasternak next … Read more
My life is contained in small spaces. My living space on land is 400 square feet. My living space on water is 250 square feet. A former linen closet is my office. Somehow it all works. And yet I am not a minimalist. I have a theory about clutter. It starts small, multiplies in the … Read more
I love history. I majored in it in college. When I graduated I became a newspaper reporter. There were no job listings for “historians.” Writing about current events seemed like the next best thing. One of my professors had urged me to write local history. He knew I was a sixth generation Californian and said … Read more