asjJul 241 minDoing hard thingsI'm gonna be jacked, in traction, or both when this is done! 😂 This wooden backyard retaining wall was, at I believe 20 years old, at th...
asjJun 192 minJuneteenthYou know how some days, US news makes you want to weep and some days it makes you want to break your phone and some days it makes you wan...
asjJun 62 min#IAmASuburbanMom Joy Reid pointed to the #IAmASuburbanMom hashtag and it is quite amazing. I'll share just a few posts; you can add yours below if you'd l...
asjMay 152 minGoing inside to go outwild: finding community & connectionIt's ironic, but in the midst of this global pandemic, I'm finding more community and connection than I have in a long time. Because life...
asjMay 112 minon foxes and listening to yourselfThis is a story about how I got the hottest ticket in town - to the ER! Friday, in retrospect, did start out on a unique note. Went outsi...
asjApr 221 minEvery atom belonging to me... "Every atom belonging to me as good as belongs to you." - Walt Whitman. Happy #EarthDay So one day while taking a walk during an acro mee...
asjApr 122 minpink blooms and laundry - what we do and dream nowOutside my window, just beyond the top of my laptop, there is a tree. In deeper spring, it blooms and blooms with small fluttering pink f...
asjApr 123 minCocooning and change in the time of COVID19We're now 4? more? weeks into strict sheltering in place in California. As I say when people ask how I've been, it's been a rollercoaster...
asjDec 30, 20192 min12 minute write: The rollercoasterAnother bite sized fiction piece Why do we place all our trust in mere metal and cloth belts? I have asked my boyfriend this question abo...
asjDec 29, 20192 min12 minute write: Table under a treeBite-sized fiction I flit around the kitchen, dusting bits off the counter and rinsing a few plates, and my mind goes to the daughter who...
asjNov 3, 20192 minThe Grandmas Project We are film lovers, we humans. We love storytelling in all its forms, but there's something distinct about stories that are told with the...
asjSep 4, 20191 minWhy art matters: communicating for connectionYosemite gave me the best birthday gift: a reminder that all the things that keep us small - gnawing anxiety, fear, the general malaise o...
asjJun 22, 20194 minThe Many Faces of Free SoloThis is an essay on the Oscar-winning documentary, Free Solo by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. I'm not putting in spoiler tags...
asjJun 22, 20192 minOn leadership and healingFollow this dog's lead. Healing is living. Athletes know this; a hard day in the gym or on the field must be followed by rest, massage, g...
asjMar 29, 20192 minThe Impossible Climb: A good readI picked up _The Impossible Climb_ by Mark Synnott at the airport as we were leaving Las Vegas after Vegas Acro Cup/World Cup last week. ...
asjDec 9, 20182 minThe thing that makes cold weather bearable: Decorative Gourd SeasonI AM A SUMMER PERSON. I have to say it in all caps because it is not cool. Cool people love fall (they're cool, get it? A punny joke only...
asjJan 8, 20182 minOprah's Golden Globes was the best (stump?) speech I've heard in awhileThis was one of the best speeches I've heard in a long, long time. You heard that story structure built in - story of me, story of us, st...
asjDec 7, 20172 minWhere are the Asian American Silence Breakers? #TimesUpUpdated 1/10/2018 Whose stories get told depends on a lot of things, not the least of which is who decides to speak up and tell their sto...
asjNov 22, 20172 minTHOR! Go see it if you haven't yetI am so surprised at how much I liked Thor. (And *completely* blown away by how much I loved "Logan," but that's for another review.) Whe...
asjJul 6, 20173 minWonder Woman:On the Saturday of opening weekend, we went to see Wonder Woman. My heart was unexpectedly full at seeing row after diverse row of excite...