I have spent the past week doing my own private equivalent of a marathon, insisting that I work as hard as possible in spite of being sick, while carrying with me a knot of tension on my back and shoulders about as thick and cumbersome as a mature oak tree. When this happens, sometimes I […]
My temporary hibernation period here is coming to a close, seeing as how Punxatawney Phil predicted an early spring, among other factors.
I’ve been busy the last several months, and dealing with the transitions that follow a big job change in the family; namely, my husband’s, from working at a job in our city to a […]
My strategic silence here for some weeks was, if not carefully planned, somewhat necessary while I drew inward and made some assessments in the quiet moments I had. Lately I have been pondering the benefits of staying in one place, versus moving away, towards new goals. Which is the harder thing to do?
Sometimes lingering too […]
My first-grade neighbor, who travels to and from elementary school with us daily, has been wearing Burberry Brit the last two days. And not just a gentle little streak of it behind her ear, either—no, she’s got it full-force slathered onto her hands and neck, from the smell of it.
My youngest child’s pre-school teacher was […]
Now that I’ve claimed to emerge from it, I find that I really don’t want to be so exposed right now. Wasn’t the period of hibernation—that is, winter—supposed to last longer?
A few things have changed abruptly in the recent weeks, most significantly including a new job in the family. This has altered our routines and […]
In his blog, Emerson College senior and filmmaker Luis Dechtiar describes a recent event (March 25) when the Campus Conversations on Race Action Committee (which involves Bahá’ís) went against the grain, and in the face of last-minute denial of school sponsorship, with a re-creation of the Hurricane Katrina fiasco.
Scott Adams, who writes the Dilbert comic strip, has had an engaging blog going for a while now. He occasionaly takes on religious topics, and recently he pondered the rationale for believing, or not, in various prophets. Specifically, he wondered how a person can believe in Moses but not Muhammad.
It looks like at least one […]
Perusing the news this morning, I learned that the Titanic sank on April 15 in 1912.
I recall that the prominent Baha’i ‘Abdu’l-Baha, known as the Master, was at one point gifted with a ticket to sail on the Titanic, in planning a major trip to Europe and the United States, but soon rearranged plans to […]
This room is where the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of San Francisco holds its regular meetings. It’s where I spent most of my weekend. The Bahá’í Center is a nifty art deco building at one end of Valencia Street. From this location, which is sort of considered the Civic Center district, you can walk […]
On a civic association email list, a subscriber recently asked us why we moved to our house. The question went as follows:
A question to Heather and River Brandon—you live on a tougher street that has a lot of absentee rental housing on it. What made you decide to move there?
This week, River responded with the […]