Although the travel party usually heads abroad for Christmas, this year Ray took a spring sabbatical off from university teaching at the start of 2023, freeing us from voyaging over the high tourist season at the end of December. Nonetheless, flights were prohibitively expensive to Australia, New Zealand, or Buenos …
Kon Marie in The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up counsels letting go when an object no longer sparks joy, acknowledging service well rendered and wishing the object good journey on to its next home. I wish in 2023 to thank so many of my life aspects for service well rendered. …
This year, my life began its transition into a new chapter, a quieter and more insular one. A lot of what brought me to San Francisco has left. Friends have either moved away, broken up, no longer go out, or drifted onward. I do miss conspirators to paint the town …