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Japanese cars are better
In last Sunday’s Los Angeles Times (January 21, 2007), columnist Steve Lopez wrote about Hummers an…

Jan. 27, 2007

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Spiritual journeys, done from home
I woke up at 6:07 a.m. last Friday morning to an NPR “Morning Edition” interview with Gillian Siple…

Jan. 20, 2007

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Remedies for the common cold
I recently caught a winter cold. Although it’s never really winter in Southern California, there ar…

Jan. 13, 2007

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Boars and fortune cookies
2007 marks another year of the boar since its last turn of the animal wheel twelve years ago. I am …

Jan. 6, 2007


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Tamales for Christmas
Two days before Christmas Eve, I saw a news clip on television about a popular tamale place in East…

Dec. 30, 2006


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Half Japanese Christmases
Christmas before finding out the truth about Santa My father told me there was no Santa Clause wh…

Dec. 22, 2006


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To be a circle
My mother has a circle metaphor. I don’t think the metaphor is originally hers and when I ask her w…

Dec. 16, 2006

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Which comes first - moving out or growing up?
Paying rent is a costly way to learn to grow up. I’m left with very little disposable income and tw…

Dec. 9, 2006

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Thanksgiving dinner with other than the traditional trimmings
The only part of Thanksgiving I look forward to is the four-day weekend. The food is ok. Typical Am…

Nov. 25, 2006

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