What was there all along.

The other day I was walking up the street to my car. I've walked this street a thousand times, as we often park there, right beside the little park affectionately known as Cat Poop Park. I happened to look down as I walked and I noticed some words etched in the...

The phoenix, rising.

Last night was opening night of Cirque du Soleil at the Cow Palace here in San Francisco. My family was lucky enough to have been given some tickets to see the show. We had a fun night of dazzling colors and crazy acrobatics. On the drive back home we chatted happily...

Tsunamis, waves, and ripples.

SIMPLY CELEBRATE NEWSLETTER: MARCH 2011 When I heard the news about the 8.9 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, I was lounging in my cozy animal print pajamas in an oceanfront hotel in Laguna Beach. My beau and I were in town on a quest. We’d driven down the coast from...

Confessions of a packrat.

My name is Sherry and I am a packrat. I don’t want you to know this about me because it isn’t pretty. I mean that literally, as well as figuratively. I don’t like the piles of papers in the corner. I don’t like the boxes of baby clothes I can’t let go of. I don’t like...

Who do you want to be today?

For four days now, my son has been wearing drawn-on bunny whiskers in honor of the Year of the Rabbit and his participation in the Chinese New Year Parade. I love how out-of-character and eccentric this is. It reminds me to give people room to invent themselves anew...