A Funny Thing Happened on the Way from GGR (#167: 9/14/2022, Weds)

• Nothing much • [1½ MIN READ] I’m part of a family business (fine watercolor) that takes me to LA occasionally where one of my 3 brothers lives. We 4 sons started it after our artist mother passed on in 2018. During the time when she was still living in the LA area, I started … More A Funny Thing Happened on the Way from GGR (#167: 9/14/2022, Weds)

Generations as Running Community (#216: 2023’08’02’W)

• We’re talking about family • [1½ MIN READ] Running club as community? Growlers Group Run has that. Couples as community? We have that, too. Families as community? We have even had variations of that (thinking Brigid w mother Nora and Aunt Smileen, among others). As for generations, we have Mo with his grandson Tristan, … More Generations as Running Community (#216: 2023’08’02’W)

AB≠CD

• The Mathematics of 4 Co-working Brothers • [3 MIN READ] When Ruby Wang (1932-2018) died, she gave custody of her paintings to us, her 4 sons. Although we knew her death was imminent, we had theretofore little need to consider the inevitable. Knowing her days were drawing short from the complications of pancreatic cancer … More AB≠CD

All for One

• The names of Ruby H. Wang • [3 MIN READ] Ruby H. Wang was the name so many people identified with her. It was the name on her social security card, her driver’s license, and her other legal documents. It was the name she most consistently used to sign her paintings because she lived … More All for One