11 Sep Not Really About Art
We had our first Dragon Fellow Graduation yesterday. It was remarkable. This summer, we had our first class of ten Dragon Fellows, running programs to share their passions all over...
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21 Aug Two Years
August is a tough month for me. The days get hotter, the nights feel longer, and we creep towards that terrible date of August 14th. As we marched towards the...
14 Aug Two Years
Two years ago today, we lost our son, Dragon Kim. Bright, funny, talented, kind. How I miss him. How my heart aches for his presence. How I wish he were...
25 Jul Lessons from Turtles
I spent the weekend with friends with an adorable baby. Little Wesley spent the weekend, when he was not charming the rest of us, following his mom around. When he...
27 Jun Heaven
Dragon and Isabelle became friends in 2nd grade, in Mrs. Falcinella's class. This year, Isabelle will be a senior in high school, as Dragon would have been. A big year,...
24 Jun Annual Check Up
Hannah had her annual "well-baby check up" today. You know, the one you take your kid to every year around her birthday. 15 years old and over 5’8” – almost...
08 May Old School
One of the things I treasure most of Dragon's is his last Spotify playlist. Each one of those songs brings back specific times with Dragon. Dragon would blast "Sail" every...
15 Apr A Thousand Winds
Happy Easter weekend, everybody. I know many of you were on vacation this week, enjoying Hawaii, Italy, Korea. I hope you had a wonderful time and are getting home safely....
14 Mar Desert Wildflowers
California has been in a devastating drought for the last few years. The wildflowers in the desert love the water, but because of our drought, for the longest time, the...
01 Mar Catchers in the Rye
I opened the newspaper today to see a photo of teenagers rushing the water at Saturday’s lifeguard tryouts in San Clemente. They were competing for summer jobs at the Southern...
24 Feb Ghosts of Ourselves
As I took Hannah and her friend Ashley to school this morning, I saw ghosts of ourselves. Last year, well, 2014-15 actually, I would take Dragon to school every morning...
14 Feb Dinner Two Ways
This is what I did for dinner last night. I opened up my fridge and found some kale. Two leftover roasted sausages. An onion. Bacon. I diced and fried up the...