Trishie Tales

Tricia was a true gamer. She could find the thread of fun in almost any situation and make whole cloth from it. One very memorable example of this occurred in February of 2020 - the good part of 2020 - before the pandemic arrived.  I took Tricia with me on a ski trip to Colorado where I lived before I moved to San Francisco. We

We all know that Tricia was a master of words and how to turn a phrase. During the first week of the pandemic social distancing period (March 2020) we were talking about the parking problem outside my apartment now that everyone was working from home. One car in particular was the object of my ire as it was taking the space of two cars

On New Years Day 2008, I met up with Tricia at our community’s annual celebration. Because it was a day-long event, one needed to pack a bag full of comfort items like sunglasses, snacks, a jacket, sunscreen, etc. Much to my dismay, I opened my bag at the party, only to find that instead of my regular pack, I had brought my son’s nearly

Tricia and I have been friends for over two decades. We didn’t see each other all the time, but when we did, there was an ease and warmth, as well as a lot of deliciously bad puns. After I moved to Truckee from San Francisco in 2019, we’d meet up in the mountains to ski or hike. In nature, far removed from the party