Maybe she should do her husband’s speeches

1: Nobody except me stops for school buses here in San Jose, despite the blinking lights and the stop sign that pops out from the side.
2: Swallowing a cough drop accidentally is very disconcerting.

Back when I owned my little townhouse condo in Arlington — oh, so long ago… nine months ago — I would lie awake in bed looking around the room. I would think to myself, I own this. I am not renting, it  [more...]

On Thursday in San Jose, it was an earthquake that roused me from sleep; this morning in Austin it was a roaring thunderstorm, knocking things over and booming among the hills. I enjoyed both, actually. Granted, if  [more...]