Welcome to What’s the Matter With Me? Podcast Episode 15 I start the episode off with the handicap space for the third episode in  row.  My garden gives me room to breathe from the grasp of disability — but I supplement with physical therapy and mindfulness practice. I’m teaching my son to watch birds and…

Hot Sauce On An Oyster, photo by Brook Lane.   What’s the Matter With Me? Podcast Episode 14: Autistic son I read the NY Times Disability column about an autistic son finding purpose. Hot It was hot: 114F! Fell and hit my head I fell hard and cracked my neck on dining room table. 20th…

I took this picture with my wife at the home of the Japanese Consul General in San Francisco. What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Episode 13 Figs growing in the garden — Charcot’s Triad — Feedback — 109 Degrees — Friends — Defending the handicap space

This is a photograph of Hoffee’s Auto Body Shop in San José, California on the last day of business before closing. David Li owned the place and was my family’s mechanic for over 20 years. Episode 12 Figs — Gruesome Fall — Charcot’s Triad — Controlling Emotions — Burn at the BBQ I’ve been falling…

Birthday Party — Steak — Cognitive Disability in the Dressing Room — Fish Oil — Garlic Season — The Deaths of Ted and Larry — Stone in the Ocean