Maureen McHugh, one of Miss Grace's November recommendations, has been nominated for The Story Prize. We say Go her!.
I am feeling under the weather today, a bit cranky, not my usual zen California self. You know, I never even set foot in this state until I was 30, but there was so little adjustment needed to live in the Bay Area. I mean, really. We have these bottle brush trees here that look like something out of Walt Disney; they drop saffron threads all over the sidewalk. All the old hippies look like Santa. No rust around the wheels of the cars. I walk out of my place, down the sidewalk, and pick up a sliced ready-to-eat mango. i walk past a french bakery, butcher shop, chocolate shop, and an Asian tapas bar to get there. Why am I so cranky?