Last weekend, Kyle and I went to Monterey to celebrate our anniversary. We stayed at the Way Station Inn on the north end of town. Although the hotel is by Monterey’s tiny airport, it’s quiet and surrounded by pine trees.…
In keeping with the wedding theme, my article on wedding tourism was published in the June issue of North Bay Biz Magazine. As anyone who has been through one knows, weddings are big business. This article looks at the financial…
Four years! (Joy and Kyle in Napa, two days before their wedding)
I have a new article in this week’s North Bay Bohemian. Did you know that Lyme disease has tripled in the last year in California? Read all about it.
My husband Kyle Rankin’s fourth book Ubuntu Hacks is out. He co-wrote it with several other people, including Bill Childers. Coming soon to a bookstore near you. Update: Ubuntu Hacks got 9 out of 10 points on Slashdot! Update: Ubuntu…
Sylvia Plath on needing other people (aside from Ted Hughes) to read her work: I need an outsider: feel like a recluse who comes out into the world with a life-saving gospel to find everybody has learned a new language…
For a long time now, I’ve wanted a place where I could write about what’s going on with my work and my thoughts on life in general. Although I’ve had several websites in the past, I haven’t gotten around to…