July 2024 – Page 2 – FIRST DATE, WORST DATE EVER!

The First Day of Summer

July 10, 2024July 9, 2024 Posted in dogs, high school, kitchen remodel, lawn chair, live music, middle school, Millennials, neighbors, police officer, relationships, shorts, swimming pool, ticket, traffic school2 Comments

(a pre-multiple-skin cancers post) Okay, it’s not really the first day of summer, but school got out yesterday, and the kids in my neighborhood are running around in their new-found freedom. I walked the big dog and saw the parking lot to the pool, at the top of the green belt, filled with cars. It… Continue reading The First Day of Summer

Sideshows are the New Running of the Bulls

July 9, 2024July 8, 2024 Posted in Bay Area, bull, California, college, danger, holidays, magazine, memoir, Oakland, pandemic, passport, Running of the Bulls, San Francisco, San Jose, sideshows, SpainLeave a comment

(re-run) Watching the local news tonight, I saw that it was reported that many cities in the Bay Area had sideshows going on last night. Sideshows are entertainment involving people in cars and trucks spinning doughnuts in the middle of intersections while hundreds of people watch, ride, and take videos of the chaos. It happens… Continue reading Sideshows are the New Running of the Bulls

Bye-bye, Apple Tree

July 8, 2024July 7, 2024 Posted in apple tree, apples, back ache, climate change, dancing, Jesus, memoir, Michael Jackson, windLeave a comment

(re-run) It’s not supposed to be this windy in July. Not only was it a cool day, but wind gusts reached up to 50 miles per hour. I noticed my dog, Pepper, crunching on a small green apple this morning. I thought it was odd that the tree was dropping apples so soon. Little did… Continue reading Bye-bye, Apple Tree

Water Ski Wonder Boy

July 2, 2024June 29, 2024 Posted in dating, firsts, relationships, sports, worstsLeave a comment

(re-run) She was a freshman at Arizona State in the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. He was an older frat boy from Kappa Phi. He asked her to go water skiing with him. “I don’t know how,” Linda said. “No worries,” said Phil. “I’ll teach you.” Phil picked her up and took her to where he… Continue reading Water Ski Wonder Boy