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My Neighbor, Steve Jobs
This article first appeared in Palo Alto Patch. My neighbor, Steve Jobs, has been in the news lately. The talk of the town is the recent announcement he will be stepping aside to let other seeds grow...
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I’m Waving My Flag. How About You?
The essay originally appeared in Palo Alto Patch. Old Glory When I was five, we traveled back to my mother’s home country of Norway to visit family. While there, we joined the nation in celebrating its...
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Shouldn’t Our Children Have the Right To Clean Air?
This essay originally appeared on BlogHer. Did you know we take between 18,000 and 28,000 breaths a day? That’s a lot of in/out/in/out. And yet it’s something we rarely think about. It’s so natural, so...
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New Beginnings Also Mean Endings
William the Graduate This essay originally appeared in Palo Alto Patch. I am reposting it in honor of all of the parents who are sending their beloveds off to college this month. Yes, one year later,...
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Not-So-New Mother Finding Balance
The response to my essay in the Sunday New York Times has been astonishing. The biggest learning is that we all crave a more nuanced approach to how women (and men) integrate their work and family...
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