Tower to Trenches Blog

The Impossibility of Control

Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:54:04 -0800

Have you noticed that every time I say, “I’m going to post again soon,” there is a long stretch without a post? I will not go into all the reasons (now that would be boring), and I will stay away fro

Going Soft

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:53:39 -0700

I took my car in for service this morning, and I’m now driving a 2009 blue Acura TSX loaner car. I feel surprisingly altered driving it. I fit in it differently. The brakes respond differently. The

On Memory Awakened

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:30:41 -0700

I am writing this at 5:30 a.m. on a still, hot morning (also “still hot” as in “never cooled down). A fan churns in the background. I have been up since 3 a.m., wondering what heat record we will bre

Face Up To It

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:01:01 -0700

Last week I participated in what for me was the improbable: an event about Facebook. It was put on by CRAVE Seattle and the speaker was Hazel Grace Dircksen, the owner of Socialbees, a business spec

Spring Pruning

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:49:31 -0700

It is early morning. The sky is still dark, but birds are singing. If I stare out the window, I see moment-to-moment changes in the sky as daylight emerges. Last week I pruned my roses. I was on the

Visiting Ruth

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:44:48 -0700

It is Sunday, March 15, and my husband and I are entering the Caroline Kline-Galland Nursing Home, having arrived at our usual 11:25 a.m. time. The front foyer is quiet, absent the usual residents who

When a Client Leaves

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:26:19 -0800

I just had a child leave. The mother ended therapy by leaving a message to cancel the next session and then saying, “Can we talk?” I knew what the discussion would be. There had been plenty of hint