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Toy Train in a Tin

Posted on March 25, 2025March 25, 2025 by

My new meditation practice.

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I Made a Sweater Vest!

Posted on December 16, 2024 by

It only took five months and at least four attempts. But I learned a lot!

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Notes on Hiking the SF Crosstown Trail Solo

Posted on November 29, 2024November 29, 2024 by

Yesterday I accomplished a goal I have been thinking about for a few years: hiking the entire San Francisco Crosstown Trail in one hike. Honestly, was really damn hard for me, so I’m pretty proud of myself! I’ve hiked the trail once before, during my birthday week last July, spread out over two days. When…

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The Cypher as Sharing Your Light

Posted on October 27, 2024October 27, 2024 by

I had the opportunity to lead another mini-workshop on how to cypher at the skating rink recently. Which was an opportunity to think more about what a cypher is and how to explain that to a newcomer. I’m getting pretty good at describing the basics — that a cypher is a tradition practiced in many…

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An Amazing and Exhausting Week of Birthday Festivities!

Posted on July 8, 2024July 8, 2024 by

When I turned 50, I thought I couldn’t outdo myself in birthday celebration organizing. After all, that year, I threw an epic dance party for 50 of my favorite people in the world, complete with a buffet meal, a custom cake from Goldilock’s bakery, a DJ, entertainment, and a trivia contest. It was a huge…

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I Hiked the SF Crosstown Trail!

Posted on July 8, 2024July 8, 2024 by

One of my San Francisco bucket list activities was to hike the SF Crosstown Trail. This urban hike meanders through a dozen incredible neighborhoods, hitting up hidden parks, gardens, stairways, lookout points, two lakes, and more. Doing the hike was particularly important to me when I was diagnosed in February with tendinitis and minor arthritis…

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“For this World” by Walter Rauschenbusch

Posted on December 4, 2023December 4, 2023 by

A member of my Quaker Meeting, Stephanie Rauschenbusch, shared this wonderful poem written by her grandfather Stephanie Rauschenbusch in 1957. It very much speaks to my condition. O God, we thank thee for this universe, our great home; for its vastness and its riches, and for the manifoldness of the life which teams upon it…

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My First K-Pop Concert: BlackPink in Bay Area!

Posted on August 26, 2023August 26, 2023 by

I guess I’m a Blink now. On Tuesday I went to the sold-out BlackPink concert at Giants Stadium along with 30,000 other Blinks (BlackPink fans) of all ages. I was a little nervous since I was going basically alone (I had friends there, but in a different section of the stadium.) And I had some…

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Say My Name, Say My Name

Posted on July 21, 2023July 21, 2023 by

How I went from “Ricky” to “Rich” to “Rik” and now “Riki.” I was leading a workshop on analyzing media for teachers in June and needed a piece of media for the participants to unpack together. And somehow I came across this ad by Procter & Gamble. It was perfect! So many interesting production choices…

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Riki’s Top Six Experiences in Japan

Posted on May 27, 2023May 28, 2023 by

It’s really hard to boil down two weeks in Japan into a few faves. But in the interest of brevity, here’s my top six experiences I had in the Land of the Rising Sun: NOTE: This doesn’t include all my Tokyo Disney adventures. Here’s a Google Map list of other places I hit up, for…

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