New Leaf – lifeinthethe8tre

Reflecting on 2025

December 31, 2025

Ironically, self-publishing my book this year was one of the least consequential things that…

September 15, 2025

When you are helping to coordinate the cross-country move of your ninety-four-year-old-recently-widowed-father, there are…

September 9, 2025

Who’dathunk that we would be shopping for furniture for our ninety-four-year-old Dad? But that’s…

August 24, 2025

I’ve been thinking a lot about life transitions in the past two weeks since…

March 9, 2025

Recovering from a total knee replacement surgery for the past ten days has been…

February 21, 2025

I’m in my new home and after a week in the new place, I…

February 1, 2025

As the final details on my condo purchase come into focus, I’ve begun the…

January 16, 2025

Good news! I am on track to return to the San Fernando Valley in…