I knew this month that I wanted to keep reading fiction books, but I also have been trying to read more books by Asian authors. It crossed my mind that it feels like…like I would hesitate to recommend a book with Asian characters to my friends because I fear it would kind of come across…
We were generating a list of jargon today and it reminded me of this list I started two years ago when I worked in big tech of words I wish I didn’t know and use. As someone who enjoys linguistics and knows that words move through cultures, I shouldn’t be judge myself as harshly as…
This month I kind of let recommendations take me where I would, for the most part. I had left over recommendations from last month that finally came in from the library, recommendations from colleagues, and a book club book. The most spontaneous book was on investing because I kind of feel like I’m not doing…
I learned recently that the word for celebrating lunar near year in Vietnamese is “an Tet,” which translates to “eat the New Year” (or more humanly “eating in the new year”). I think I might have had a hot pot during grad school and I went to the festival when I lived in New York,…
My seventh annual Valentine’s Day are part of a balance diet. I hope you’re not planning on leaving the house without your most important feel of the day! <<< Printable download >>> I love breakfast foods and what better to celebrate that love than creating Valentine’s day cards around the theme? A lot of thanks…
I found out this week that my maternal grandmother died at 44 years old. My mom had just turned seven the month before. Her other siblings were eleven, four, and one. They had some help from family members for a year or two, but after that my mom was in charge of cooking for the…
I have no one to talk to about the books I read. I still don’t, but I also don’t want to forget them. I’m going to try writing about them, let me know what you think. Overall, January was a continuation of a trend I started towards in 2020: “No more Fewer depressing non-fiction books.”…
My ideal hiking conditions are 1) brisk temperature 2) to a high place with 3) few people around. It’s something we’ve been doing more since the weather has cooled and I have a backlog of photos since we’ve been here. Here are the hikes we’ve been doing around LA, with a Scott for scale (he’s…
I went to Joshua Tree National Park this weekend with Scott and Shanna for a short trip. It was my first time camping in the winter. It got down to 32F in the evening and Shanna drove through a snow storm on her way out. Luckily, the snow didn’t hit our part of the park.…
I realized I wanted to publish this before Election Day and feelings feel hard. I don’t know how this week will go and just want to say that, even if you aren’t deeply involved, it doesn’t mean issues and feelings can’t be deeply felt. The Hidden Brain podcast often provides me helpful ways to think…
