Linda LaRoche

All of us go through life changes.  Here is a list of things I now implement that I wish I had known and practiced years ago. Don’t seek...

I’ve been reflecting lately on how much stuff I own. From my experience, I know things don’t define me and that all of us can make do...

I think there are so many things that we grieve and we don't realize it. We grieve the passage of our youth. We grieve the passage of...

I love being in a test kitchen.  I got the bug when I was a kid making desserts and my Mother allowed me free reign. I was struck again...

I haven’t posted because I’ve been preoccupied with more pressing matters. Listening to radio programs is something I enjoy, and one...

My mind runs faster than the wind can carry me which translates to getting bored quickly by repetition.  Because of this inherent trait,...

“If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live...

Every time I’m in Sprouts or Whole Foods I see pictures of Taylor Swift gracing magazine covers and I just don’t get it. Apparently, she...

Last week, I went to Norton Simon Museum to watch the silent film Metropolis by Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang, which was made in 1927...

In the 1990s American clinical research psychologist Elaine Aron launched a book, The Highly Sensitive Person. In it I discovered myself....

We all know givers and takers. Takers have a distinctive signature: they like to get more than they give. They tilt reciprocity in their...

In the late nineteenth century, San Francisco was booming and its merchant princes built grand stores such as City of Paris, Gump’s, The...

Whenever I am at home more time than I would like, I experiment in the kitchen. It’s a creative venture that gives immediate results....

I like Ryan Murphy’s work, it’s intelligent and there’s always a fine line between what’s fiction and non-fiction and that glossy veneer...

We know the drill; what goes around comes back around. Fashion is like that. To illustrate my point, I’ll be adding parenthesis of the...

I’ve been lax about writing here.  The majority of my life last month was going to parties, get-togethers, concerts, performances, lots...

Ten Days ago I saw the opera El Ultimo Sueno de Diego y Frida. The sets and use of color give the opera a distinct tone but the libretto...

I believe we should make room to celebrate the little things in life. I’ve had many such moments from wonderful work assignments that...

A friend told me yesterday that I should write spiritual poetry. He feels the need to give me these insights although I never ask for...

Some time ago I mentioned that I was going to write about men and women. That post is still ruminating in my mind, but today I wanted to...