by Ira | Jan 2, 2015 | Journal
2014 was a year of words. The first of many to come, I hope. I wrote every day of this last year. Every single day, without exception. As I look back on last year, that’s the first thing that I see and I’m enormously proud of that. That said, I do find the...
by Ira | Jan 1, 2015 | Challenge, Journal
Cheers to 2015. My second year of blogging every day. My second year of embracing the writer within me, I suppose. Year Two of the Plan, whatever form it may take as these new 365 days unfold. I did some writing on the 2014 Retrospective today, and I quickly realized...
by Ira | Dec 31, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
It feels really really really really really nice to be home, you guys. In my own house, currently sitting on my own couch, with my dogs completely zonked out in their own beds in their own favorite places, and Liz on her own floor doing a perfect impression of...
by Ira | Dec 30, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
What *is* a Luma, anyway? Hahahahaa. I’m so clever. Barf. We’re in Rohnert Park, actually, at Ryan’s house. Yes, *house*. That he *bought*. Crazy pants McGee. I say Petaluma because that’s where he grew up and where his parents live, who had us...
by Ira | Dec 29, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
Humboldt, you’ve been real. Seriously. It still does feel like home up here, after all these years of being gone, it still feels like home. There are so many places here to hike around, and I’m sure there are down in LA too, don’t get me...
by Ira | Dec 28, 2014 | Challenge, Journal
My brother Scott was born today. In honor of that memory, I watched the opening credits to his (maybe?) favorite cartoon as a kid: M.A.S.K. We never saw it on television, I think we were too young for it by a couple years, plus we weren’t allowed to watch those...
