Hi guys, I am writing this from a tire shop on Van Nuys Blvd — a screw got stuck in my front right tire. Thankfully, it’s an easy and free fix, but I hadn’t expected…
Browsing Category Essays
13 Years in Los Angeles, The Italian Cookie, and The “Odds” of Life
Vultures don’t have feathers on their heads. They eat dead meat, which is messy; the absence of feathers helps them stay clean. I read this in the Little Kids First Big Book of Why, with…
Ups and Downs, Frangipane, and Perpetual Change
Hi guys, we got to the end of March, crazy, wild, unpredictable March… After three beautiful months here with us, on Tuesday my mom returned to Italy. A couple of days before she left, I…
Labels, Culinary Boxes, and Making Myself
Hi guys, This is a very exciting newsletter for me to write, and not just because my new culinary endeavor is around the corner; it is exciting because, when I least expected it, I began…
The Days Between January 4th and January 30th
“I instruct my students that the natural state of mind is the main thing: awareness itself. We should not limit that to any particular object of meditation or goal or physical posture, and it has…