May 21, 2024 Inside the Junk Drawer: Baseball My family has a collection of baseballs, many of which we acquired as souvenirs from the gift shops of various museums, national parks and…
May 21, 2024 A Postcard from Ribka’s Bedroom: The lack of air in a vacuum My hometown was a vacuum: It had over 200,000 people (and 400,000 graves), but still, it was suffocating. It was small enough that if…
May 17, 2024 Dear Diary: Home Dear Diary combines the intimacy of a diary-like narrative with the writer’s own experiences, little and big, as well as politics and culture. When you’re…
May 16, 2024 Stanford in Style: Phone calls with Mom Happy (belated) Mother’s Day! I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how I wanted to write this column. I spoke to my mom…
May 9, 2024 You’ve been Gilmored: Coffee, coffee, coffee Coffee plays a central role in Gilmore Girls. Someone even counted how many times it is mentioned in the series — 621 times over…
April 23, 2024 Inside the Junk Drawer: My first computer The first piece of technology that I could call my own was a 13-inch Acer Chromebook. I won it in a raffle at the…
March 31, 2024 Facing Time: Elder sibling woes Facing Time is a column that chronicles non-romantic, personal connections to people, places and things. It focuses on how the passage of time and…
March 15, 2024 From the Community | A parent’s perspective on protests during Family Weekend Protest and activism at Stanford are deeply linked. Both have a long and powerful history that can be revisited by perusing Stanford Libraries’ “Activism”…
March 15, 2024 You’ve Been Gilmored: Cross the Lorelai-ne I previously used Gilmore Girls as a prosperous ground to discuss love. Today’s article will step away from matters of the heart to consider…
March 12, 2024 A poem on oldest daughter syndrome i am the oldest daughter i am a perfectionist An overachiever a people pleaser i can be bossy and neurotic At worst controlling i…