Category Archives: childhood

Scared of Everything

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Larissa Archer

When I was a child I was scared of many things, all imaginary. I had a vintage Everyman Library edition of ghost stories that I tortured myself with at bedtime, and my parents foolishly allowed me to watch TV specials … Continue reading →

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Grove Street

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Larissa Archer

In the eighties and early nineties, Grove Street was not part of “Hayes Valley,” as it’s known now, but of “the western addition,” a neighborhood built west of the original town of San Francisco on the east bay as it … Continue reading →

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